When-I'm-Sick Soup

Ingredients

• 4-6 beef bones
• 2-3 potatoes, cut to quarters
• 2 onions, cut to quarters
• 2-3 carrots, sliced
• 1-2 stalk celery & leaves, sliced
• 2 whole garlic cloves
• 1 parsley root, sliced
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon chicken stock
• 8-10 coriander sprigs, tied to each other
• salt
• pepper
• 1 (200 g) package egg noodles

Directions

1. 1

   Put beef bones in a big saucepan.

2. 2

   Add all other ingrediants, except noodles, putting the leaves at the top.

3. 3

   Add water to cover everything by several inches.

4. 4

   Bring to boil, then simmer on low heat, not entirely covered for as long as you can (I try to give it at least 3-4 hours for all the tastes to extract).

5. 5

   Remove tied coriander sprigs.

6. 6

   This step is optional but I greatly recommend it if you are not starving: the bones discharge a lot of fat. Therefore, I let the soup get cold, and then put it in the fridge for 1-2 hours. Then, before eating, I skim the fat off the top, only then I heat the soup again.

7. 7

   Adjust seasoning.

8. 8

   Prepare noodles according to directions on the package to serve with the soup.

9. 9

   Get Well!