Beef Birria Consomé | WQDR-AM

Ingredients

• 3 pounds of assorted beef cuts: chuck, bottom round, shanks
• 2 pounds lamb shanks
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 3 peeled and roughly chopped white or yellow onions
• 5 garlic cloves
• 4 cored roughly chopped vine-ripe tomatoes
• 4 seeded and stemmed dried guajillo chiles
• 4 seeded and stemmed dried ancho chiles
• 8-10 allspice berries
• ½ cinnamon stick, broken up
• 12-15 black peppercorns
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
• 1 ½ tablespoons dried oregano
• 1 ½ tablespoons dried thyme
• 2 cups of water
• 1 gallon of water or beef stock
• sea salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
• juice of fresh lemons
• diced yellow or white onions, diced radishes, and chopped fresh cilantro for garnish