While the acid breaks down connective tissue, salt breaks down proteins and helps extract moisture from meat, granting the ..

Cover the surface of meat and liquid carefully with a piece of greaseproof ... Press the vegetables with the bottom of a ladle to extract a rich purée and stir into the cooking liquor.

Alternatively, meat stocks can be reduced after straining to a very condensed liquid which can then be cooled and frozen in individual portions in ice cube trays. Thinner homemade stocks ...