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Recipe of Scotch Broth
There are some flavors which linger in the mind forever, a good soup, a comforting hotpot, a favorite cake or biscuit. One of the enduring flavors of my childhood was a traditional Scotch Broth - my aunts used to make this for us when we went to visit. You can vary the ingredients if you find some difficult to find. However, I'd recommend that you try and keep in the small quantity of cabbage or kale, because this adds something special to the broth! Below is the recipe
Recipe of Scotch Broth Ingredients :
• Parsley, pepper and salt
• Small piece of cabbage or winter greens or kale
• 1 onion
• 1 leek
• 2 carrots
• 1 medium turnip
• Handful of dried peas, soaked overnight to soften
• 1-2 ozs of barley
• Approx 2 pints of water
• 1lb neck of mutton (or some beef, or minced beef)
Recipe of Scotch Broth Methods :
Put the water into the pan, add the meat and the well-washed barley. Bring to the boil, add the diced turnip, carrots, chopped leek, finely chopped onion and peas; reduce the temperature to a gentle simmer. Cook very slowly for about 90 minutes and then add the cabbage.
Before serving, lift out the meat (ok, not the mince, that wouldn't be possible), dice it and then return it to the soup. Season to taste and add the chopped parsley.
Serve hot with delicious home-made bread or a wholemeal scone (biscuit??) |
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