At a glance
- Preparation
- Cook time
- Difficulty Easy
- Serves Makes 2 litres
Ingredients
1 leek, washed, thickly sliced1 large carrot, peeled, thickly sliced
2 celery stalks, thickly sliced, plus leaves
2 onions, peeled, roughly chopped
100g mushrooms, brushed, quartered
1 medium potato, thickly sliced
1 tomato, quartered
3 parsley leaves and stalks
2 bay leaves
4 sprigs thyme
4 tbs Marmite
Method
- Put all the vegetables and herbs into a large pan. Mix the Marmite™ into 1.5 litres warm water, and then add to the pot. Bring to the boil, then lower the heat, cover with a lid, and simmer very gently for 30-35 minutes.
- Strain the stock through a sieve, pressing the ingredients well against the sides of the sieve to extract all the liquid.
- Use where needed in risotto, soup or lentil stew. If not needing immediately, leave to cool completely, then chill in a covered container. Will keep for 3 days in the fridge.
Our Tips
- Use vegetable trimmings leftover from dinner preparations and freeze in a large bag. Use these in a stock pot.
- Any vegetables can be used to make stock, especially if they are a bit dehydrated from too long in the fridge.
Nutritional info
Per serving
- Energy-Kilojoules 140
- Energy-Calories 33
- Protein 2
- Fat-Total 1
- Fat-Saturated 0.1
- Carbohydrate 6
- Carbohydrate-Sugars 3
- Sodium 310
- Potassium 256
- Calcium 68
- Iron 4.5
- Dietary-Fibre 1.7