Seafood Stock

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 1 quart
  • Total: 1 hr 30 min
  • Active: 30 min
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Ingredients

2 tablespoons good olive oil

Shells from 1 pound large shrimp

2 cups chopped yellow onion (2 onions)

2 carrots, unpeeled and chopped

3 celery stalks, chopped

2 garlic cloves, minced

1/2 cup dry white wine, such as Pinot Grigio

1/3 cup tomato paste

10 sprigs fresh thyme

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Warm the oil in a medium pot set over medium heat. Add the shrimp shells, onions, carrots, and celery and cook for 15 minutes, until lightly browned. Add the garlic and cook for one more minute. Add 1 1/2 quarts water, the wine, tomato paste, thyme, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer for one hour. Strain through a sieve, pressing on the solids. You should have approximately 1 quart of stock. If not, add enough water or white wine to make 1 quart.
  2. Cool completely, transfer to containers, and refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 1 month.

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Anonymous

Made this ahead for Kardea’s crab soup! Doubled everything but the thyme and it was delicious. Used frozen shrimp shells(on sale) thawed them used the shrimp for a separate meal, spent less than buying 1 carton of seafood stock at the store(>7.00$). I think this stock was the reason my crab soup was so tasty. Easy to make as well.

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