Lamb Shank And Vegetable Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 lamb shanks
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 potatoes, peeled and chopped
• 1 turnip, peeled and chopped
• 1 parsnip, peeled and chopped
• 1 liter chicken stock or 1 liter vegetable stock
• 1 liter water
• 1 (425 g) can chopped tomatoes
• 1/2 cup pearl barley
• 2 bay leaves
• seasoning

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a large stock pot/saucepan.
• 2 brown shanks well all over.
• 3 transfer to a plate.
• 4 add onions and garlic to pan.
• 5 saute until onions are tender.
• 6 stir in carrots, potatoes, turnip and pasrnip.
• 7 cook for 1 minute.
• 8 blend in remaining ingredients.
• 9 return shanks to pot.
• 10 bring to the boil.
• 11 reduce heat.
• 12 simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until barley is tender and lamb falls off the bone (add more liquid as required).
• 13 transfer shanks to a dish.
• 14 remove meat and chop roughly.
• 15 add meat to soup.
• 16 heat gently.
• 17 serve with bread.