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Scotch Broth
Ingredients
Broth Ingredients
  • Leftover Lamb leave meat on the bone, Bones & Meat
  • 2 cups water
  • 4 cups chicken broth 900mL
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/2 tsp thyme leaves
  • 1 tsp celery seed
  • 1/4 tsp marjoram
  • 1 large carrot chopped
  • 2 celery stalks chopped
  • 1 onion quartered
  • parsley
  • salt
  • pepper
Soup Ingredients
  • 1 medium carrot chopped
  • 2 medium potatoes cubed
  • 1/2 cup pearl barley
  • 1 onion diced
  • 1 celery stalk chopped
  • 1/2 tsp thyme
  • 1 tbsp parsley
  • 1 tsp celery seed
  • 1/3 tsp marjoram
Instructions
  1. Place all broth ingredients in a large pot and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.. Lower to medium-low and simmer, covered, for 1.5-2 hours.
  2. Strain the broth through a fine mesh strainer into another large pot.
  3. Recover edible lamb from the bone and discard the rest of the solids.
  4. Chop lamb into small pieces and place in broth along with the soup ingredients.
  5. Bring to a boil, and then simmer for 1 hour or until barley is cooked and soup is thickened.