Name: Beef, barley and vegetable soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 125 min
Total time: 135 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil; 2 brown onions, chopped; 2 clove garlic, crushed; 1 kilogram gravy beef, trimmed, cut into 3cm pieces; 1 parsnip, chopped; 2 swede, chopped; 1/2 cup pearl barley; 4 large beef stock cubes; 2 dried bay leaves; 2 tablespoon chopped flatleaf parsley; 2 litre (8 cups) water

Beef, barley and vegetable soup

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Serves 6

Prep

10M

Cook

2H 5M

Total

2H 15M

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil

2 brown onions, chopped

2 clove garlic, crushed

1 kilogram gravy beef, trimmed, cut into 3cm pieces

1 parsnip, chopped

2 swede, chopped

1/2 cup pearl barley

4 large beef stock cubes

2 dried bay leaves

2 tablespoon chopped flatleaf parsley

2 litre (8 cups) water

Method

1.Heat oil in a saucepan over high heat. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring, 3 minutes, or until soft.

2.Add beef, parsnip, swede, barley, crumbled stock cubes, bay leaves and water to pan. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low; cover. Simmer, stirring occasionally, 2 hours, or until beef is tender.

3.Remove and discard bay leaves. Season. Serve sprinkled with parsley.

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