Browning for Stock
From Observatory
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The best way to get brown stock is to fry the meat and bones in a little fat, as directed in the foregoing recipe. Another way to color stock or any kind of soup or sauce is to add a few drops of caramel.
- Ingredients
- ½ lb. of loaf sugar
- 1 ½ a gill (6 ounces) of water
- Directions
1.
Bring the loaf sugar and ½ a gill (2 ounces) of water to a boil until it is a dark brown, almost black color.
2.
Add a gill (4 ounces) of cold water.
3.
Boil again till it acquires the consistency of thick syrup.
4.
Put it in a bottle and use as required.
- Remarks
The browning will keep for any length of time.
