Vegetable Stock Paste

Vegetable Stock Paste has been a staple in the fridge since getting the Thermomix. It adds a great flavour to lots of dishes and I couldn't not have any despite the Failsafe diet being very light on the veg!

 

 

"Thor" full of Failsafey vegie goodness

Failsafe Vegetable Stock Paste

1/3 bunch of parsley (it was about 30-50g)

2 cloves garlic

1/2 leek

300g celery

100g brussel sprouts

100g green beans

 30g sunflower oil

100g salt

Chop all ingredients except oil and salt on Speed 6 until finely chopped, about 10 seconds. I had to use the spatula through the lid to make sure everything moved around and was evenly chopped.

Add oil and salt and cook on Varoma, Speed 1 for 20 minutes.

Slowly increase to Speed 9 and blend for 1 minute until smooth.

Store in a sterilised jar in the fridge.

Tips:

The original recipe calls for 150g salt to preserve the stock paste, with that much salt it should last for 6 months in the fridge. I reduced the salt because it was way too salty and we don't use that much salt in our cooking. 

With only 100g of salt the fridge life will be reduced but it's not a problem for us as we go through about a jar a month!

You could reduce the salt even more but I like 100g, it's a good round number and easy to remember!

What the family says:

As this is hidden in most of our savoury dishes, they don't even know it exists!