INGREDIENTS
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6 unpeeled carrots, cut into large chunks
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2 yellow onions, cut into quarters
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1 leek, white and green parts, cut into large chunks
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1 bunch celery, including the heart, cut into large chunks
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4 unpeeled red potatoes, quartered
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2 unpeeled Japanese sweet potatoes, quartered (** or standard sweet potatoes)
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1 unpeeled garnet yam, quartered
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5 unpeeled cloves garlic, halved
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½ bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley, cut into large chunks
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2 8-inch strip of kombu
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12 black peppercorns
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4 whole allspice (** or juniper berries)
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3 bay leaves
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8 quarts cold, filtered water (minimum)
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1 tsp sea salt