Dr Amity’s Beef Bone Broth Recipe

For a while now, the catch words like ‘microbiome’ and ‘collagen’ and ‘gut health’ have been a popular presence in the health and wellness world.

Here is my super simple recipe for a healthy, homemade bone broth that is mild yet delicious and packed full of goodness for the whole family to enjoy!

Bone broth is a great source of a number of nutrients, including calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, vitamin A, vitamin K2, iron, zinc, selenium, manganese and collagen, making it an ideal naturopathic remedy.

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body. It is a major component of bone, skin, muscles, tendons, cartilage and even your gut lining. Consuming collagen can help replenish and heal all of these areas in your body.

The benefits of making your own bone broth at home include:

• You have full control over the contents (no added nasties or excessive salt)
• You have full control over the cooking time. (I personally recommend only cooking your bone broth for around 2 to 3 hours as this ensures lower histamine content, which makes it less likely to inflame allergies/our systems).
• It is a whole food (unlike collagen powders and most supplements). This means no vitamin A overdoses/other nutrient overdoses/toxicities.

I used this broth weekly after the birth of my daughter to help replenish and heal my body after carrying and birthing the most gorgeous human on the planet (motherly bias in full swing here). I also started broth with my daughter at around 6 months, right before she started solids to help heal her gut before beginning her journey with food. To this day, she still enjoys a sippy cup of broth every day.

I hope you all enjoy brothing as much as we have!

Ingredients

• 1 to 2kg of cut beef bones (ideally marrow exposed or bones from joints).
• 1 Tbsp of either apple cider vinegar or fresh lemon juice
• Filtered water (enough to cover bones)
• 1 cinnamon quill (optional)
• 1 star anise (optional)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees fan forced.
2. Place cut bones on a baking tray lined with baking paper and dry bake (no oil) in the oven for 20 minutes.
3. Remove the bones from the oven and place in a slow cooker.
4. Add the apple cider vinegar or lemon juice and any optional ingredients to the slow cooker.
5. Fill the slow cooker pot with filtered water until the bones are fully covered.
6. Put on the lid and cook for 2 to 3 hours.
7. Once cooked, immediately remove the bones and allow liquid to cool.
8. Strain liquid and store in containers of choice. (I store in sandwich bags or jars in the freezer for convenience).
9. Heat before serving and enjoy!

Yours in health, Dr Amity.