Meat Broth

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 500 g lamb necks or 500 g lamb shanks (can mix meats) or 500 g beef bones (can mix meats) or 500 g chicken bones (can mix meats) or 500 g chicken pieces (can mix meats)
• 12 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 1 teaspoon pepper (to taste)
• 1/2 cup pearl barley
• 1/2 carrot
• 1 onion
• 1 small potato
• 2 stalks celery
• 2 teaspoons parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 soak meat and bones in water with salt and pepper for approx 30 minutes.
• 2 bring pot slowly to the boil.
• 3 rinse pearl barley and add when soup is boiling.
• 4 simmer one hour.
• 5 prepare and dice vegetables to 1cm (1/2 inch) dice.
• 6 add to soup and simmer 15 minutes before serving.
• 7 remove fat and bones, add meat back to pot.
• 8 adjust flavour if necessary, stir in parsley.
• 9 serve.