16 March 2012
A fabulous supper
My Sister, Tracy, forwarded me a link to a recipe for Scotch broth a while back. She said it made her think of me. I can't imagine why... :)
I immediately ordered all the ingredients, minus the ones I had on hand (pearled barley and onions of all things).
You can find the recipe HERE.
I ended up improvising a little because I couldn't get everything I needed for it. For example, I bought un-cooked lamb stew meat (the recipe calls for cooked, shredded, lamb shoulder) and chicken stock instead lamb. I figured that this sort of dish probably lends well to making it up as you go. I could envision housewives of old throwing it together for their families...
The funny thing is that the recipe is supposed to be a quick "cheat" to Scotch Broth...only cooking it for about 25 minutes. I ended up doing the opposite since the lamb was raw.
I did "cheat" and buy some baby carrots and pre-cut celery sticks to make all the peeling and chopping go faster. I'm not sure why I sometimes can't face peeling a carrot...
All in all it was still a snap. I made it a one pot meal...browning the lamb then adding the veggies and sweating them for a few minutes...then adding the stock and parsley before bringing all to a boil. Rocking out to my iPod the whole time.
Then I turned down the heat and let it simmer away for a few hours.
The result is super yummy with pieces of tender, melt-in-your-mouth lamb.
SO good with some garlic-buttery sourdough toast on the side. Each bite more fortifying than the last.
I settled in for a movie night with a big first helping. Me sitting cross-legged on the floor, some (homemade) artemisia beer and Scotch Broth. A pretty good Sunday evening.
XO