Lamb Stock

Lamb Stock large icon This is the definitive guide to making lamb stock, a strongly flavoured stock, useful for all sorts of lamb dishes.

Ingredients

  • 2kg lamb bones (leg, shoulder or ribs)
  • 3 Onions (about 450g)
  • 4 Carrot (about 480g)
  • 2 Fresh Tomatoes (about 200g)
  • 3 cloves of Garlic (about 12g)
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 1 small bunch of Fresh Parsley
  • 2 sprigs of Fresh Thyme
  • 1 sprig of Fresh Rosemary
  • 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 5 litres Water
  • Preparation Time: 10 minutes (+ 1 hour roasting)
  • Cooking Time: 4 hours
  • Serves: 2 litres of stock

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°c and prepare the ingredients. the ingredients
  2. Put the lamb bones in a roasting tin, the onion and carrot into another roasting tin and roast them both in the oven for 1 hour. roasting the ingredients
  3. Place the roasted vegetables into the bottom of a large pot and then put the herbs on top of them. Then put the bones in.
  4. Add the water to the pot and bring it to the boil.
  5. When it starts to boil, turn it down to a low heat and, using a ladle, remove the foamy fat that floats to the surface. the foamy fat
  6. Simmer gently for 4 hours, periodically skimming off any fat that floats to the surface.
  7. Using a fine sieve, strain the liquid into a bowl, discarding all the bones, vegetables and herbs.
  8. Allow the stock to cool naturally and use as required. the finished stock

Useful Information

Can it be Frozen? Yes.

Can it be prepared in advance? Yes, it can be finished up to 3 days in advance.

Will leftovers be nice? Yes, for up to 3 days.

Notes

  • To get enough bones for the stock you can simply save them up by keeping the bone in the freezer every time you have a joint of lamb.
  • The reason for skimming the fat off the surface off the liquid is to help prevent the stock going cloudy.
  • Putting the bones in last helps prevent the vegetables from floating to the surface, making it easier to skim off the fat.
  • When simmering the stock, make sure the heat is very low, there should be hardly any bubbles breaking the surface. Boiling the stock will result in it becoming bitter and cloudy.