| When you think about famous Irish food, perhaps | | | | Recipe for Irish Mutton Broth |
| dishes like beef in Guinness, potato bread and roast | | | | This is a typical broth from Ireland and it is easy to |
| ham come to mind. Corned beef with cabbage is | | | | make. This richly flavored broth is actually better made |
| another popular Irish dish and the Irish definition of | | | | a day in advance, left in the refrigerator overnight and |
| corned beef is silverside, topside, or brisket, which has | | | | then reheated the following day. This recipe serves six |
| been picked in brine. | | | | people and is very economical to make. Serve it with |
| A lot of typical Irish meals are nutritious, flavorful, and | | | | warm, crusty, buttered bread for sopping up the |
| hearty. So, what about Irish soup recipes? | | | | delicious soup. |
| Examples of Popular Soups and Broths | | | | What you will need: |
| Although you are just as likely to see a French onion | | | | - 2 lb neck of mutton |
| soup on a modern menu in Ireland as a traditional beef | | | | - 2 carrots |
| and vegetable broth, Ireland is famed for some of its | | | | - 1 onion |
| more popular soups. Potato soup, pea and ham soup | | | | - 1 turnip |
| and mutton broth are very popular and these broths | | | | - 2 tablespoons pearl barley |
| are thick, warming, and delicious served with soda | | | | - 6 cups water |
| bread or rye bread. | | | | - 1/2 head cabbage |
| Broth and soup recipes in Ireland tend to be simple | | | | - Salt and black pepper, to taste |
| combinations of meat or fish, potatoes or barley, | | | | - Fresh parsley, to garnish (optional) How to make it: |
| vegetables, stock and perhaps some parsley. Turnips, | | | | Put the mutton in a soup pot and cover it with the |
| carrots, and cabbage are amongst the most popular | | | | water. Bring the water to the boil. Skim the fat off the |
| vegetables in Irish broth recipes. | | | | surface. Rinse the raw barley then add it to the soup |
| You can actually create your own broth recipes by | | | | pot and cover the pot loosely. Let the mutton soup |
| simmering meat in water for a couple of hours and | | | | simmer for an hour and a half. |
| adding some vegetables in the final hour. Add salt, | | | | Peel and dice the vegetables and shred the cabbage. |
| pepper and perhaps some fresh herbs at the end and | | | | Add these to the soup and bring it back to a boil. Turn |
| you will have a warming, flavorful soup. | | | | the heat down and simmer the soup for an hour. Take |
| Maybe you have made an easy French onion soup | | | | out the mutton and pick through it, discarding any gristle |
| recipe before, in which case making one of Ireland's | | | | or bones. |
| famed broths is not that different. Onions are used in | | | | Return the chopped mutton to the pot. Let the soup |
| lots of Irish recipes and you can use them in pretty | | | | cool and skim the fat off the top. Reheat it, adjust the |
| much any savory soup recipe, chopped, minced, or | | | | seasoning if necessary, and serve with a fresh parsley |
| sliced. | | | | garnish and some crusty bread. |