How to Make a Soup Sachet

It's easy to make a sachet that will infuse flavors in stocks and soups.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• A 4-inch square of cheesecloth
• Utility scissors
• Butcher's twine
• Parsley stems
• Black peppercorns
• Fresh thyme
• Bay leaves

1. 
   Have all the items you need at hand.

   Gather all the materials you will need to make a stock/soup sachet.

2. 
   Place the herbs and spices in the middle of the cheesecloth.

   Fold the thyme in half and place it and the parsley stems, peppercorns and bay leaves in the middle of the square of cheesecloth.

3. 
   Enclose herbs and spices in cheesecloth.

   Fold two opposing corners of the cheesecloth up to meet each other, forming a triangle.

4. 
   Tie cheesecloth into a ball.

   Gather cheesecloth ends together and form into a ball. Tie with an 18-inch length of butcher's twine.

5. 
   Tie sachet to pot handle and drop into stock.

   Tie long ends of twine to stockpot handle and drop sachet into pot. Tying the twine to the handle makes it easy to fish out the sachet when you are ready to strain the stock.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure the twine tied around the pot handle doesn't have a long tail, otherwise it will catch on fire. Keep the ends short and close to the handle.

[bmi57]

on 2/23/2008 Can't wait to try this, thank you.