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Eric Wynkoop - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)
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Tuesday, February 04, 2025 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern
Join Chef Eric Wynkoop in his virtual office as he welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to Ask Anything – from cooking techniques to co… Read More.
Question:
When making a vegetable broth, simmering for 60-90 minutes, the carrots are still pretty firm and flavorful, not spent. Should I simmer longer? or chop smaller?
— Teresa Welsh
Answer:
So you've got the answers right there. You bet if you wanna extract more flavor, certainly simmer longer. You can also create more surface area by cutting smaller and therefore extracting more flavor faster. And a third option would be that you can always use that product that still has flavor in it, in something else. In other words, if you have made vegetable stock that is satisfactory to your end goal and you have this mepo that's left over, then consider using that in something else. Um, a different stew or soup or, um, in, uh, vegetable patties or some something else that might come to mind.
