Old Fashioned Barley Soup

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup hulled barley
• 3 quarts of cold water
• 2 lbs roast beef bones
• 1 tablespoon coarse salt
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 1 large onion, sliced thin
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 2 leeks, sliced thin
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon savory
• 1 lemon

Recipe

• 1 place barley in a bowl, cover with tepid water.
• 2 let soak for 1 hour.
• 3 (do not use pearl barley for this soup).
• 4 place cold water, beef brisket, course salt in soup kettle.
• 5 add the drained barley.
• 6 bring to boil over low heat and skim the surface.
• 7 add 1/2 cup of cold water and continue to skim.
• 8 this is important, as here lies the difference between a good-colour barley soup and another with a greyish and dirty colour.
• 9 when all the scum has been removed, add the remaining ingredients.
• 10 bring to boil, cover, leaving a 1 in.
• 11 opening.
• 12 simmer for 3 hours over low heat.
• 13 add 3 tbsp butter and the juice together with the rind of the lemon.
• 14 do not boil once the butter has been added.
• 15 served garnished with chopped parsley or chervil.