Homemade Demi-Glace

Summary by Krater

Adam Ragusea demonstrates how to make a cheater chicken demi-glace using chicken wings, beef shanks, and oxtail instead of traditional veal bones, reducing and freezing it into stock cubes.

From the video

Answers: How do you make cheater chicken demi-glace without veal bones?

• homemade demi-glace
• chicken wings for stock
• beef shanks and oxtail
• reducing stock into cubes

Ingredients

• almost 10 pounds chicken wings
• 4 red onions
• 3 beef shanks
• oxtail
• tomato paste
• water
• ice cubes

What it concludes

• Chicken combined with beef equals more mild veal in context and is far less expensive.
• Adding tomato paste midway through roasting intensifies the flavor of the demi-glace without burning easily.
• Diluting stock with ice cubes prevents the formation of a solid fat layer sitting above a transitional layer with stock and fat mixed together.