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Welsh Cawl (Welsh Lamb and Root Vegetable Stew)

Name: Welsh Cawl (Welsh Lamb and Root Vegetable Stew)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: lamb shoulder, diced 900 g; pearl barley 200 g; leek, sliced 200 g; carrots, diced 250 g; swede, diced 250 g; onion, diced 150 g; celery, sliced 100 g; water 1500 ml; fresh thyme 5 g; fine salt 14 g; black pepper 4 g

A slow Welsh stew of lamb, pearl barley and root vegetables.

110 minutes · 6 servings · Easy

Cawl was a one-pot supper that went on the fire before the household went out, and it thickens as it cools because of the pearl barley rather than from any flour. Every household has its own version of what goes in it, and any Welsh cook asked will deny the borrowed stew their neighbours made. Traditionally eaten with bread, not potatoes.

Ingredients

lamb shoulder, diced900 g
pearl barley200 g
leek, sliced200 g
carrots, diced250 g
swede, diced250 g
onion, diced150 g
celery, sliced100 g
water1500 ml
fresh thyme5 g
fine salt14 g
black pepper4 g

Directions

1
Dice the vegetables and brown the lamb in 20ml oil 10 minutes.
2
Add the barley, vegetables and 1500ml water; simmer 75 minutes at a bare simmer.
the barley is soft with a slight bite
3
Season with salt and pepper and simmer 5 minutes more.

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