Light Beef Consommé With Diced Vegetables Food

BEEF CONSOMMé

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a big ceramic bowl, whisk the peppercorns, egg whites, and eggshells until the mixture turns foamy. Reserve.
• Pulse together in a food processor the tomatoes, celery ribs, and ground beef. Pulse until it's just incorporated.
• In a large stockpot, combine the vegetable-beef mixture and the egg mixture, with the veal stock, thyme, and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Once all the solids have formed the raft on top, remove a piece of the raft on the side to allow you to see if all the impurities have risen to the top of the pot. Reduce the heat and simmer, without stirring, for 30 to 40 minutes. Do not disturb the raft as this might make your consommé cloudy.
• Once the cooking time is done, remove the pot from the heat and strain the liquid through a fine-mesh sieve lined with a double layer of cheesecloth . Discard the solids. Alternatively, ladle out all the consommé at the bottom by gently and slowly pressing the hole in the raft. In this version, you will also need to strain the liquid through a sieve lined with cheesecloth. If your strained consommé still has particles in it, pass it through a clean cheesecloth again.
• Serve hot and enjoy.

LIGHT BEEF CONSOMMé WITH DICED VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Bring the beef stock to a rolling boil.
• Wrap all of the herbs, including the garlic, in a piece of cloth, tie it with a piece of string, and add it to the broth.
• Simmer for a few hours, tasting regularly. Do not let the broth boil.
• Once you feel that the flavour of the herbs have infused sufficiently into the broth, remove the boquet garni, and add your diced vegetables.
• Simmer until the vegetables are tender.

GROUND BEEF AND BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook the beef, celery and onion over medium heat until the meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 45-50 minutes or until barley is tender. Discard bay leaf.

TOMATO AND CELERY-INFUSED BEEF CONSOMMé WITH TINY CHOUX PUFFS

Steps:

• Whisk egg whites in a large bowl until foamy and add eggshells. Separately pulse tomatoes and celery in a food processor until coarsely chopped, then add to egg whites. Whisk in beef, salt, and peppercorns.
• Heat veal stock, if jellied, in a 4-quart heavy saucepan just until it becomes liquid, then whisk in beef mixture. Heat over moderately high heat, stirring and scraping bottom constantly with a wooden spoon to prevent egg white from sticking, until stock comes to a simmer (this will take about 20 minutes). Reduce heat and gently simmer broth, without stirring, until all impurities rise to surface and form a crust, and broth underneath is clear, about 30 minutes.
• Ladle broth with crust into a large sieve lined with a double thickness of dampened paper towels set over a large bowl and let all liquid drain through. (If liquid doesn't drain completely, tap edge of sieve repeatedly with a metal spoon to help drain.) Broth should be completely clear; if it's not, repeat procedure with clean dampened paper towels. Discard solids.
• Before serving, bring consommé to a boil and season with salt. Ladle into bowls and top with profiteroles and garnishes.

SPICY DICED VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Peel carrots, potatoes and tomatoes and dice.
• Trim beans and cut into small pieces.
• Heat oil in a heavy based saucepan and fry mustard seed until they pop, add onion, garlic and ginger and fry stirring frequently until onion is golden.
• Stir in turmeric, coriander, cumin and chilli powder and fry for a few seconds then toss in vegetables until coated with spices and oil.
• Add salt to taste.
• Add 3 tablespoons water, cover and cook for 15minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Stir gently every 5 minutes and add a little more water if necessary.
• Sprinkle with garam masala just before end of cooking.
• Serve with rice or bread of your choice.

BEEF CONSOMME

Steps:

• Whip egg whites until frothy.
• Combine egg whites, beef, mirepoix, and tomatoes in a stockpot.
• Add COLD beef broth, mix well.
• Put spices, except salt, in cheesecloth, tie to seal, and put in broth.
• Add salt to taste to broth.
• Bring mixture to a simmer (DO NOT BOIL) you should see a little steam over the surface of the broth, but no bubbling, or as few bubbles rising to the surface as possible.
• Stirring occasionally.
• The beef and vegetable mixture will eventually harden and rise to the top.
• Do not stir after this has happened.
• Break a hole in the beef mixture to allow broth to bubble through.
• Simmer approximately 90 minutes.
• Strain through cheesecloth, degrease.
• Adjust seasoning.