Homemade Beef Stock: Why You Should Make Your Own

Ingredients

• About 4 pounds beef marrow and knuckle bones
• 1 calves foot (cut into pieces (optional))
• 3 pounds meaty rib or neck bones
• 4 or more quarts cold filtered water (enough to cover the bones by 2 to 3 inches)
• ½ cup raw apple cider vinegar
• 3 large onions (coarsely chopped (or, several leeks))
• 3 carrots (coarsely chopped)
• 3 celery sticks (coarsely chopped)
• 1 whole head of garlic (cloves peeled and coarsely chopped)
• A palm full of crushed peppercorns
• Several bay leaves
• 1 bunch of parsley (optional)
• Several sprigs of fresh thyme