Slow Cooker Roasted Vegetable Stock Food

THE BEST SLOW COOKER ROASTED VEGETABLE STOCK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Place vegetables and mushrooms in a large, unlined roasting pan and toss lightly with olive oil, spreading them out evenly in the pan in a single layer. Roast for 20 to 30 minutes. Transfer to slow cooker and turn heat to Low (or 8 to 10 hours). Add tomato paste, herbs, peppercorns, optional cheese rind, salt and water.
• Add wine to the still-very-hot roasting pan and deglaze, scraping up as much of the browned vegetables bits as you can, and simmer until most of the wine has evaporated. Add everything - bits and juices - to the slow cooker and give the stock a quick stir. Cover and cook the stock for 8 to 10 hours on Low.
• Scoop the vegetables into a sieve or fine-mesh colander, and drain the vegetables into a large bowl, pressing firmly on the vegetables to extract every last drop of juice. Remove the spent vegetables to another container (or discard). Then strain the liquids from the slow cooker through a fine sieve into the large bowl, too.
• Use the strained broth immediately, store in the fridge for one week, or freeze for up to 4 months.

SLOW-COOKED VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Place the vegetables in a 3-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the butter, tapioca, sugar, salt and pepper; pour over vegetables and stir well. , Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or until vegetables are tender. Serve with a slotted spoon.

ROASTED-VEGETABLE STOCK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Cut the top off the head of garlic. Arrange the garlic, carrots, celery, onion, pepper, and tomato on a large baking sheet in a single layer. Drizzle the olive oil over the vegetables; season with salt and pepper.
• Roast the vegetables in the preheated oven, turning every 20 minutes, until tender and browned, about 1 hour.
• Combine the water, thyme, parsley, and bay leaves in a large stock pot over medium-high heat. Squeeze the head of garlic into the stock pot, and discard the outer husk. Place the carrots, celery, onion, pepper, and tomato in the stock pot. Bring the water to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 1/2 hours; strain and cool.

SLOW COOKER ROASTED VEGETABLE STOCK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Combine all ingredients except water in a large bowl; toss until vegetables are coated. Place vegetable mixture in a greased shallow roasting pan.
• Bake, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are lightly browned, about 1 hour. Transfer vegetables to a 6 quart slow cooker. Add 12 cups water; set aside.
• If browned bits are left in roasting pan, set roasting pan over low heat. Add 1/4 cup water to pan. Bring to a boil, scraping to loosen browned bits. Pour into slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on high heat setting for 1 hour. Reduce to low heat setting and continue cooking, covered, for 4 - 6 hours.
• Strain stock through a large strainer into a large bowl; discard solids. Pour stock into shallow containers so it will cool quickly. Stock may be refrigerated for up to 3 days or frozen for up to 2 months.

VEGETABLE BROTH (CROCK POT/SLOW COOKER)

Steps:

• Slice leeks lengthwise and cut into 1/2" slices. Rinse in cold water and separate layers to remove any dirt or debris. Spin dry if possible or dab with paper towel.
• Dice onions and slice celery and carrots reserving 1/2 cup carrots.
• Heat 2 TBSP olive oil over medium heat in Dutch oven and add onions, leeks, celery, carrots, and 4 cloves minced garlic. Sprinkle 1/2 tsp salt on vegetables to induce sweating, and stir occasionally for 10 minutes. **Add seasoning, pepper and celery leaves after 5 minutes.
• After 10 minutes, increase heat and add 1/4 cup dry Vermouth to pot. Stir until evaporated. Remove from heat.
• Add reserved carrots to the pot, chopped parsnips, peppers, zucchini, parsley, and can of tomatoes with juice. Stir to blend well.
• Divide vegetables between large and small crock pots.
• Add two tbsp tomato paste and two bay leaves to large crock and one tbsp tomato paste and 1 bay leaf to small crock pot.
• Fill pots with approx 180 ounces or 1.5 gallons of water.
• Cook on low for 8-10 hours.
• I strain through cheesecloth and freeze in 1 cup servings. I use it in almost everything!

ROASTED VEGETABLE BROTH (CROCK POT/SLOW COOKER)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cut leeks in half lengthwise, and then into 1/2" slices. Rinse in water a few times to remove embedded sand and dirt. Spin dry if possible.
• Cut onions, parsnips and carrots into 1/2" dice and toss with half of the leeks in 1 tablespoon of oil. (I like to massage in a ziplock bag.).
• Spread these on a baking sheet or stoneware pan and roast for 40 minutes. Toss a few times to ensure even browning.
• Meanwhile, cut peppers, celery and squash into 1/2" dice.
• Heat 1 TBSP oil over med heat in Dutch oven, and sauté peppers, celery and squash with remaining leeks for approx 10 minutes. **Sprinkle with 1/2 tsp salt to sweat vegetables. Add spices and celery leaves after 5 minutes.
• Stir in 1/4 cup port wine and stir to evaporate, increase heat a bit if necessary. Scrape pan.
• Remove from heat and stir in 2 cloves chopped roasted garlic.
• After 40 minutes, remove vegetables from oven and add to sautéed vegetables. Stir to incorporate.
• Increase oven heat to broil.
• Broil tomatoes at 8" from heat for a few minutes to blacken skin.
• Divide vegetables and bay leaves between two crock pots.
• Add approximately 180 ounces or 1.5 gallons of water to fill crock pots.
• Cook on low for 8-10 hours.
• Usually, I will strain broth though cheesecloth and freeze.
• Sometimes I mill the vegetables and add back to broth for a thicker stock.

SLOW COOKER VEGETABLE BROTH

Steps:

• Add veggies, water, peppercorns, and bay leaves to your slow cooker.
• Cook on low for 8-10 hours (or on high 4-5 hours), until the broth is golden and the veggies are very tender.
• Remove the lid from the slow cooker and let the broth cool for a bit.
• Use a wooden spoon to gently press on the veggies in the slow cooker to release a little more flavor.
• Grab a large bowl and set a colander over the top. Make sure you're near your kitchen sink! Now carefully pour the mixture into the colander and discard the cooked veggies. Set a fine-mesh sieve over another bowl (or rinse your slow cooker out to use that). Pour the broth over the sieve to strain out the last bit of sediment.
• Add salt if desired.
• Keeps refrigerated in an airtight container for about 5 days, or you can freeze it for later use. Freezer bags are the easiest. To thaw, pull it out of the freezer and place it in the fridge to thaw 12-24 hours ahead of time.

ROASTED VEGETABLE STOCK

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F.
• Toss the vegetables with the olive oil, until gently coated.
• Place the vegetables in a roasting pan or on a foil-lined baking sheet and roast for about half an hour, turning them occasionally (They should be nicely browned and very aromatic).
• Place all the vegetables in a large pot, scraping all the good brown stuff from the roasting pan into the pot with the herbs and peppercorns.
• Fill with water and place on the stovetop on medium high heat.
• Bring to a boil, lower the temperature, and boil gently for 2-3 hours (watch the water level--if it boils down too much, add more water).
• Strain, pressing down on solids to extract as much liquid as possible; discard the solids and place the remaining liquid in a sauce pan.
• Simmer until reduced by three quarters; this could take about an hour.
• You should end up with about one and a half to two quarts of stock.

BASIC VEGETABLE BROTH (SLOW COOKER)

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in slow cooker with 7 cups water.
• Cook on low heat until vegetables are tender, about 6 hours.
• Strain into large bowl, pressing vegetables to extract liquid.
• Let cool 30 minutes.
• Refrigerate uncovered until cool.
• Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 1 month.