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Pearl Barley Soup

Ingredients

  • 2 onions
  • 2 small leaks
  • 3 carrots
  • 2 stalks celery
  • 1-2 cloves garlic
  • 1-2 Tbsp butter
  • 3/4 cup pearl barley
  • 1 cup cooked ham or chicken, chopped
  • 2 Tbsp barley flour
  • 8 cups stock or water salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 egg yolks (optional) chopped parsley
  • 1/2 cup sp cream or milk

Directions

  1. Chop the onions, leeks, carrots, celery and garlic. 
  2. In a large saucepan, melt butter and add the chopped vegetables with garlic. Soften without allowing them to brown. 
  3. Add the ham or chicken and pearl barley and cook for a few minutes more. 
  4. Stir in the flour, then gradually add the stock or water and season lightly. 
  5. Simmer gently for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the barley is tender. 
  6. Add more liquid if necessary. 
  7. If adding egg yolks, mix into the cream and add to the saucepan off the heat. 
  8. Bring back to boil. 

Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

  
         

 
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