Consommé

🛒 Ingredients

• Cold, Degreased Beef Stock 1500 g · 150 kcal
• Lean Ground Beef 300 g · 450 kcal
• Egg Whites 120 g · 60 kcal
• Carrot, finely diced 100 g · 41 kcal
• Celery, finely diced 100 g · 14 kcal
• Onion, finely diced 100 g · 40 kcal
• Tomato Paste 15 g · 12 kcal
• Bay Leaf 1 g · 0 kcal
• Whole Black Peppercorns 2 g · 0 kcal

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. In a large pot, combine the lean ground beef, finely diced carrots, celery, onion, tomato paste, and egg whites. Mix thoroughly with the cold beef stock until well combined.
2. Place the pot over medium-high heat, stirring constantly with a whisk to prevent the raft from sticking to the bottom. Continue stirring until the mixture comes to a gentle simmer.
3. Stop stirring as soon as it simmers; the egg whites and meat will form a 'raft' on the surface, trapping impurities. Reduce heat to low, ensuring the consommé barely simmers, and let it cook undisturbed for 1.5 to 2 hours.
4. Carefully create a small hole in the raft to allow the broth to gently bubble through without breaking the raft. This opening helps maintain a slow simmer and allows impurities to rise into the raft.
5. After simmering, remove the pot from heat. Gently ladle the clear consommé through the hole in the raft, straining it through a fine-mesh sieve lined with cheesecloth. Do not press the raft, as this will cloud the consommé.
6. Adjust seasoning with salt to taste and serve immediately, or chill for later use.