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Hearty Beef, Barley And Vegetable Soup

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Serves/Makes: 6
Ready in: 2-5 hrs

  • 3 pounds beef riblets, short ribs or beef stew meat
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1/2 cup sliced carrot
  • 1/2 cup chopped celery with leaves
  • 3 cloves garlic, mashed
  • 5 cups chicken stock, beef stock or water
  • 1 can (16 ounce size) diced tomatoes
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/3 cup medium pearl barley
  • 2 cups frozen vegetables, such as corn, lima beans, green peas, green beans
  • 1/2 cup fresh shiitake mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 cup fresh spinach leaves, washed and roughly chopped
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • truffle oil (optional)

Season beef with salt and pepper. Heat oil in dutch oven and brown beef well. Remove beef and drain all fat except 1 tablespoon. Add onion, garlic, carrot, and celery. Cook for two minutes. Add bay leaf, beef, stock, tomatoes and thyme leaves. Simmer, covered, for 1 hour.

Skim fat from surface of soup. Add barley and simmer, covered, for about 45 minutes. Add frozen vegetables, mushrooms and spinach; simmer for another 30 minutes or until barley and vegetables are tender. Check seasonings.

Ladle into serving bowls and drizzle a couple of drops of truffle oil over each before serving, if desired.


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