My father wants us (he and me) to try to make my Aunt Stella's Polish borscht recipe over Thanksgiving.
Hers was not a traditional beet borscht, but more like a rich mushroom soup, starting with an excellent broth and ending with the addition of dried wild mushrooms.
Anyway, my mother scribbled down the "recipe" while Stella was dictating at the stove one day. It says to use 1 pkg of beef marrow bones, 1 pkg of chicken wings, and 1 package of lamb bones. Boil in 6 quarts of water with some vegs, etc. Let the broth cool and sit overnight, and skim off the fat the next day.
Okay, so I bought 2 pkgs of beef marrow bones, and some of them have a ton of fat attached.
Questions:
1) Should I cut off the large chunks of fat before using the bones?
2) It doesn't say so, but shouldn't I roast the bones before boiling them? I can't remember if Stella did that. I kind of think she DIDN'T.
Damn, I wish I could ask her! Or my mother!
Maybe one of them will come in a dream to me and tell me the answer.
What do you think?
I'll attach a photo of the fattiest package of marrow bones. BTW, Stella let my brother and me have some of the marrow after the bones were boiled - ambrosia! We had pretty well-developed pallettes at an early age!
Any advice?
Lee
Hers was not a traditional beet borscht, but more like a rich mushroom soup, starting with an excellent broth and ending with the addition of dried wild mushrooms.
Anyway, my mother scribbled down the "recipe" while Stella was dictating at the stove one day. It says to use 1 pkg of beef marrow bones, 1 pkg of chicken wings, and 1 package of lamb bones. Boil in 6 quarts of water with some vegs, etc. Let the broth cool and sit overnight, and skim off the fat the next day.
Okay, so I bought 2 pkgs of beef marrow bones, and some of them have a ton of fat attached.
Questions:
1) Should I cut off the large chunks of fat before using the bones?
2) It doesn't say so, but shouldn't I roast the bones before boiling them? I can't remember if Stella did that. I kind of think she DIDN'T.
Damn, I wish I could ask her! Or my mother!
Maybe one of them will come in a dream to me and tell me the answer.
What do you think?
I'll attach a photo of the fattiest package of marrow bones. BTW, Stella let my brother and me have some of the marrow after the bones were boiled - ambrosia! We had pretty well-developed pallettes at an early age!
Any advice?
Lee