Ingredients
- 3 barley
- 1 1/2 neck of mutton
- 1 carrot
- 1 leek
- 3 pt water
- 1/2 pints water (lightly salted)
- 1 oz onion
- 1 ts salt
- 1 slice cabbage (sliced white)
If you want to have the meat in the stew, strip it off the bones, cut into small pieces and return it to the soup before reheating thoroughly. Put a tablespoon of parsley in each plate, and pour in the soup. If you prefer a two-dish meal, serve the meat as a main course afterwards with potatoes Golden Wonder are Chrissie's preferred variety. Bake the potatoes if they are mature. Or boil them in their jackets if they are new. For really fluffy, floury boiled potatoes, Chrissie cooks hers whole and unpeeled (never cut a Golden Wonder) for 12-15 minutes, depending on average size. Then drain out all but a little of the water, lid the pan tightly and steam the potatoes for another 10 or 15 minutes, shaking regularly, until they are dry and floury in texture.