Ham stock

This recipe requires the bones from a cured ham.Ask your butcher to supply them. Remove any meat from the bones and use in another recipes

3 lb Ham bones

1 gallon Water

• Remove most of the meat from the ham bones. Put the bones into a very large saucepan.
• Pour in the water and bring to a broil.
• simmer for 1 1/2 hours and skim the foam from the surface.
• Strain through a fine-mesh sieve.
• cool and skim away any fat from the surface before putting into containers.

Makes 8 ½ cups