Level: | Intermediate |
Total: | 1 day 13 hr 55 min |
Active: | 45 min |
Yield: | 3 quarts |
Ingredients
- 1 ounce beef fat or cooking oil (I like to use the fat rendered from Beef Stock, recipe follows)
- 6 mushrooms, sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 1/2 carrot, diced
- 1/2 medium onion, diced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons oregano leaves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- Beef Stock, recipe follows
- 4 ounces clarified butter
- 4 ounces all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon beef bouillon, or to taste
- 1 pound beef bones
- 1/4 pound fresh mushrooms
- 1 ounce beef bouillon
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon fresh oregano
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 3 stalks celery
- 2 cloves garlic, mashed
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 carrot
- 1 onion
- 1/2 bunch parsley stems
Instructions
- Put beef fat or oil in the bottom of a medium saucepan and add mushrooms, garlic, celery, carrot, onion, oregano, salt and pepper. Saute until onions are translucent, about 10 minutes or so, then add Beef Stock and bring to a boil.
- In a separate pan, heat clarified butter on low to medium heat, then add flour and cook, stirring constantly with a whisk, about 15 minutes.
- Once your gravy boils, add the hot roux and stir constantly with a whisk until it reaches a nice gravy consistency. (You may add more or less roux depending on how thick you like your gravy.) Taste and add bouillon as desired.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Roast beef bones on a sheet pan for 1 hour.
- Place bones and any liquid fat and caramelized fat stuck to the sheet pan in a stockpot.
- Add approximately 1 1/2 gallons of water and the mushrooms, bouillon, dried and fresh oregano, salt, pepper, celery, garlic, bay leaf, carrot, onion and parsley and cook on low heat until it comes to a simmer. Simmer for 36 hours, adding more water when necessary. (Water will be evaporating constantly. Let stock reduce down to 1/2 gallon on the final day. If it yields a little less, it’s ok to add water so that your exact yield is 1/2 gallon.)
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size | 1 of 14 servings |
Calories | 155 |
Total Fat | 11 g |
Saturated Fat | 6 g |
Carbohydrates | 10 g |
Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
Sugar | 1 g |
Protein | 5 g |
Cholesterol | 31 mg |
Sodium | 236 mg |