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Default roast bones before making beef broth?

In article >,
says...
> Why is it necessary to roast the bones before
> making a beef broth? I am curious as to what effect the roasting has?
> What would the difference be if the roasting were not done.
>


It's not necessary, but gives a different result than unroasted bones -
darker color and a different flavor.

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Peter Aitken