Beef Soup From Scratch

21 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • stock
  • 2 large soup bones with meat
  • 1 cup madeira wine or 1 cup other cooking wine
  • 2 carrots, roughly chopped
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, smashed
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • water, to cover
  • soup
  • 1 cup celery, chopped
  • 1 cup carrot, chopped
  • 1 cup yellow onion, peeled and chopped
  • 4 medium yellow potatoes, diced
  • 4 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 piece lemon peel, 1-inch x1/2-inch
  • 2 teaspoons basil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons oregano
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped
  • 3 tablespoons tomato paste
  • salt and pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    Place the soup bones into a pyrex or jelly roll pan with a lip to catch the juices. Roast at 450 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour.
  2. 2
    Remove bones and place in large stockpot. Add Madeira or other wine to pan to deglaze. Pour over bones. Add carrots, onion, garlic, bay leaves and salt.
  3. 3
    Cover everything with water.
  4. 4
    Bring to a rolling boil. Lower to simmer. Simmer for 3 hours.
  5. 5
    Strain stock into bowl. Discard solids (I always eat the carrots or give them to my toddler) and return stock to stockpot.
  6. 6
    Heat to low simmer. Add celery, carrot, onion, potatoes, garlic, lemon peel.
  7. 7
    Simmer for 1 hour.
  8. 8
    Add the herbs and chopped tomato and paste, and continue cooking for 1 more hour. Correct for salt and pepper before serving.

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