Slow cooked Irish lamb and barley soup

July 18, 2016 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

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Slow cooked Irish lamb and barley soup

Serves: 6
Cooking Time: 8 hour

Ingredients

  • 10ml (2 tsp) olive oil
  • 500g lamb neck
  • 2 medium carrots, grated
  • 1 small celery stalk, diced
  • 1 small onion, finely chopped
  • 1 large leek, sliced
  • 170g (1 cup) pearl barley, washed
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 2L good quality lamb stock

Instructions

1

Heat the oil in a frying pan and brown the meat.

2

Place all of the ingredients in the slow cooker and set for 8 hours on high.

3

Serve with Irish soda bread.

 

 

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