Homemade Pork Stock - River Cottage

Ingredients

• 3kg pork bones, roughly chopped, plus any lean meat trimmings you have
• 3 onions, peeled and quartered
• 4 large carrots, peeled and halved
• 3–4 celery sticks, roughly chopped
• 1 whole garlic bulb, halved horizontally
• A few black peppercorns
• A few fennel seeds
• 6 bay leaves
• 3–4 sprigs of thyme (optional)
• A few parsley stalks (optional)
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper