Master Stock

3:10 pm on 3 February 2012

Ingredients

  • 4 litres of water
  • 300 ml soy sauce
  • 500 ml rice wine
  • 200 gms  yellow rock sugar
  • 5 cm piece of ginger root ( bruised)
  • 4 cloves of garlic ( bruised)
  • 5 star anise
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • 4 cardomom pods
  • 6 cloves
  • 1 tsp Sichuan pepper corns
  • rind of 1 orange
  • 2 cms of dried liquorice root

Method

Place all ingredients in a large pot and bring to the boil. Simmer gently for 20 minutes. Remove from heat, and allow to cool.

Strain out aromatics and refrigerate, then use as needed.

From Afternoons

Find a Recipe

or browse by title

What's in Season - March

Fruit

Vegetables

Herbs

  • Angelica
  • Basil
  • Borage
  • Chives
  • Dill
  • Horseradish leaves
  • Lemon balm
  • Lovage
  • Nasturtium
  • Marjoram
  • Oregano
  • Sage
  • Salad burnet
  • Savory
  • Thyme
  • Verbena
  • Vietnamese mint