Stock Sachet Step By Step

Add Flavor to Your Stocks with a Sachet

This is a sachet used to flavor stocks.

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A good soup starts with a good stock and a good stock starts with the seasoning -- a sachet.

Here's what you'll need:

• 4-inch square cheesecloth
• Butcher's twine
• Utility scissors
• 12 parsley stems
• 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 2 bay leaves

• Add Flavor to Your Stocks with a Sachet
• Gather the ingredients for the stock sachet.
• Place ingredients on cheesecloth.
• Begin gathering the cheesecloth.
• Form a bundle.
• Tie the sachet bundle to the pot handle.
• Drop sachet into stock pot.