Vietnamese beef pho recipe | delicious. magazine

Ingredients

• 2 onions, unpeeled, quartered
• 100g piece fresh ginger, halved
• 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled
• 2 tsp whole black peppercorns
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 7 star anise
• 6 whole cloves
• 1 black cardamom pod
• 1½ tbsp coriander seeds
• 1kg British beef bones, half with marrow (or see Jordan’s tip)
• 2½ tbsp fish sauce
• 2 tbsp coconut palm sugar (sometimes called coconut sugar, from health food shops, Asian grocers or Ocado)
• 1 tbsp lime juice, plus 2 limes, cut into wedges, to serve
• 375g flat rice noodles
• 150g British beef fillet, very thinly sliced
• 100g beansprouts
• 3 spring onions, sliced diagonally
• Small handful each fresh coriander and mint (Thai basil optional extra)
• 2 red chillies, sliced, to serve (optional)