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Beef stock

beef stock / fond brun

Flavor and role: A rich brown stock made by roasting beef bones and meat and simmering them for a long time with aromatics. It brings heavy savouriness and gelatine.
Typical dishes and uses: Meat pies, Bolognese, potjiekos, French onion soup, pho broth
Substitutes: 1L beef stock = 1L water + 1 beef stock cube, or 1L water + 1 tbsp beef dashida (Korean beef stock powder; or beef stock powder).
Storage: Homemade: 3-4 days in the fridge, 3-6 months frozen. Lift off the set layer of fat.
Main countries: France · United Kingdom
Used in this book: Mince and Cheese Pie Bolognese (Ragù alla Bolognese)Potjiekos Asado Negro Aussie Meat Pie Bakso (Indonesian Beef Meatball Soup)Bangers and Mash with Onion Gravy Beef Bourguignon Beef and Broccoli Carbonnade Flamande (Flemish Beef and Beer Stew)Chili con Carne Francesinha French Onion Soup Jamaican Beef Patties Kjøttkaker (Norwegian Meat Cakes in Brown Gravy)Lapskaus (Norwegian Brown Stew)Lasagne alla Bolognese Mince and Cheese Pie Ossobuco alla Milanese Pastel de Choclo Poutine Rinderrouladen (German Beef Rolls)Aussie Roast Lamb Shepherd's Pie Short Rib Ragù with Pappardelle Solyanka (Russian Mixed Meat Soup)Swedish Meatballs (Köttbullar) with Cream Gravy Toad-in-the-Hole Tourtière (Québec Meat Pie)Stuffed Oven-Braised Asado Negro Asado Negro Bánh Mì (Venezuelan × Vietnamese)Asado Negro Crispy Plantain Rice Bowl Red Wine-Braised Pepper Steak Pie Meat Pie Loaded Fries with Puff Pastry Crumble Bangers with Ale and Caramelised Onion Gravy Gochujang-Glazed Bangers with Kimchi Butter Mash Bangers and Mash Croquettes with Onion Gravy Dip Overnight-Marinated Bourguignon with Glazed Onions and Croutons Bourguignon Ragù Pappardelle Bourguignon Dip Melt Velvet Beef with Charred Broccoli Kampot Pepper Lok Lak with Butter Pan Sauce Short Rib and Shank Quesabirria Tacos Birria Ramen with Soy-Marinated Egg Birria Grilled Cheese with Consomé Dip Panko-Crusted Bitterballen Ragout Toastie Ragù alla Bolognese with Handmade Egg Tagliatelle Chile Colorado Beef Burrito Dry-Brined Ribeye Bites with Thyme Butter Baste and Shallot Pan Sauce Oven-Braised Beef Cheek Carbonnade with Double-Fried Frites Texas Bowl of Red Gochujang Kimchi Chili Tucumán-Style Knife-Cut Beef Empanadas Pan-Juice Francesinha with Hand-Cut Fries Francesinha Poutine (Portuguese × Québécois)Cognac Deep-Caramel Onion Soup Gratinée French Onion Grilled Cheese with Dipping Soup Frikadeller with Brown Gravy and Cucumber Salad Red Wine Galbi-jjim Bourguignon Githeri Chili con Carne (Kenyan × Tex-Mex)Goulash Melt with Dipping Broth Haleem Shepherd's Pie (Pakistani × British)Brown-Roux Hayashi Rice, Yōshoku-Restaurant Style Bulgogi Hayashi Rice (Korean × Japanese)Hayashi Cheese Pot Pie Rough-Puff Jamaican Beef Patties with Braised Scotch Bonnet Beef Slow-Simmered European-Style Beef Curry Warm Bacon Kartoffelsalat with Salted Cucumber and Radish Hand-Chopped Herb Khinkali with Beef Broth Lazy Khinkali Noodle Soup with Peppery Meatballs Sunday Kjøttkaker with Brown Cheese Gravy and Mushy Peas Korean Diner-Style Schabowy with Brown Sauce (Polish × Korean)Hand-Pulled Lagman with Lamb and Chilli-Garlic Oil Oven-Braised Lapskaus with Smoked Bacon, Juniper and Brown Butter Gochujang Lapskaus (Norwegian × Korean)Lapskaus Croquettes with Lingonberry Mayo Red Wine Ragù Lasagna Soup with Lemon Basil Ricotta Lasagne Verdi with Homemade Spinach Pasta Pisco-Flambéed Tenderloin Lomo Saltado with Double-Fried Potatoes Slow-Braised Beef Shin Massaman with Whole Spices Caramelised Onion, Seared Beef and Vintage Cheddar Pie Mince and Cheese Pie Dip with Puff Pastry Dippers Red Wine Braised Steak and Cheddar Pie Mince and Cheese Pie Toastie Nihari Ragù Pappardelle (Pakistani × Italian)Slit-Open Fluffy Omurice with Quick Demi-Glace Ossobuco with Saffron Risotto alla Milanese Osso Buco Sliders with Gremolata Mayo Pastel de Choclo with Knife-Cut Beef Pino and White-Wine Chicken Pastitsio with Slow-Simmered Beef and Pork Ragù and Bay-Infused Béchamel Siberian Pelmeni in Golden Beef Broth Phở French Dip Sandwich Cuban Picadillo Cottage Pie with Cheddar Mash (Cuban × British)Red Wine Beef Shin Potjie with Gremolata Tallow-Fried Poutine with Shallot Peppercorn Gravy Bulgogi Poutine with Gochujang Gravy and Kimchi Poutine Grilled Cheese with Gravy Dip Raclette Poutine (Canadian × Swiss)Rawon Beef Ragù Pappardelle with Salted Egg Yolk (Indonesian × Italian)Oven-Braised Rouladen with Juniper Red Wine Jus Kimchi Rouladen in Gochujang Braise (German × Korean)Quick Rouladen Pinwheel Skewers with Mustard Gravy Dip Anchovy-Rosemary Butterflied Lamb with Red Wine Jus Oven-Braised Ropa Vieja with Maduros Butterschmalz Wiener Schnitzel with Viennese Potato Salad Shchi Pot Pie with a Puff Pastry Lid Red Wine Lamb Shepherd's Pie with a Duchess Potato Crown Shepherd's Pie Loaded Jacket Potato Oven-Braised Short Rib and Porcini Ragù with Gremolata Brown Butter Stamppot with Onion Gravy Brown-Butter Brussels Sprout Stoemp with Beer-Braised Sausages Beef Tenderloin Stroganoff with Brandy Cream Restaurant-Style Köttbullar Plate Swedish Meatball Pasta Bake Beef Thukpa with Hand-Pulled Noodles and Timur Chilli Oil Cast-Iron Toad-in-the-Hole with Beef Dripping and Red-Wine Onion Gravy Baked Beef Yalancı Mantı with Brown Chili Butter Milk-Dough Vetkoek with Cape Malay Mince Beef-Dripping Yorkshire Puddings with Slow Onion Gravy Zürcher Geschnetzeltes with Crisp Butter Rösti

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