كرات العجين الإيطالية مع مرق عظم اللحم البقري
Italian 25 Mins Prep · 530 Mins Cook
- To prepare the broth, roughly chop the carrots (keeping the skin on), rinse and roughly chop 2 leeks, halve the garlic widthways and roughly chop the celery, including the leaves.
- Preheat the oven to 230°C, gas mark 8.
- Place the beef bones, carrots, leeks and garlic in a large roasting dish and roast for 20 minutes before tossing and roasting for a further 20 minutes, or until everything is deeply browned.
- Fill a large stockpot with the water, add the celery, bay leaves, peppercorns and vinegar. Add the roasted bones and vegetables into the pot along with any excess juices.
- Cover with the lid and bring to a gentle boil, reduce the heat to a simmer and cook with the lid slightly off, skimming off any foam and excess fat, for at least 8 hours to 24 hours. (Don’t leave it on the stove unattended, simply cool and continue simmering the next day, adding more water if need be.)
- Remove the pot from the heat and leave to cool slightly.
- Strain the broth using a fine-mesh sieve and discard the bones and vegetables.
- Leave to cool, then refrigerate overnight.
- Remove the solidified fat from the top of the chilled broth.
- To make the dumplings, rinse and finely chop the remaining leek, lightly whisk the eggs and finely chop the chives.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and sauté the leeks over a low heat until tender. Add in 50g of vegetables from your fridge and sauté until golden. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool slightly.
- Cube the bread.
- In a large bowl combine the bread, eggs, milk and stir.
- Add in the leek mixture along with the chives, flour and a pinch of salt. Stir the mixture until the ingredients bind together. If the mixture feels too dry, add extra milk.
- Set the mixture aside for 15 minutes to absorb all the liquid.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
- To form the dumplings, wet your hands and scoop out a small handful of the mixture, pressing hard to ensure it binds and roll it between your palms to form a ball. It should be the size of a golf ball. Repeat this process until all the mixture is finished.
- Drop the balls into the lightly salted boiling water and cook for 10 minutes, lowering the heat if the boil is too rapid. Keep them warm in a low temperature oven while you finish cooking the rest of the balls.
- Serve the dumplings in some warm bone broth.
- TOP TIP: Make a large batch of broth (without the dumplings), portion it into containers and freeze for a future meal.
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