Meat Or Chicken Stock - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 qts. water
2 onions
2 carrots
2 stalks celery
2 cloves garlic
2 Tbsp. tomato paste
1/2 c. sweet peppers
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. salt
5 or 6 peppercorns
1 tsp. thyme
Sprig of parsley (or 1 tsp. dried)
Spring of rosemary (or 1 tsp. dried)
1/4 c. fresh basil (or 1 Tbsp. dried)

Preparation

Put bones (or carcass) and water in stockpot and bring to boil; lower heat and simmer for 2 hours, skimming as necessary. Add remaining ingredients and cook for 2 more hours. If using cooked bones, add all ingredients at once, bring to boil, skim, then simmer for 2 hours. Strain, cool, cover and refrigerate.