Traditionalscotchbroth Recipes

TRADITIONAL SCOTCH BROTH

Steps:

• Cook the onions and garlic in the lard or butter until softened, 4-6 minutes. Add the lamb, herbs, barley, split peas, salt and broth. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 2 hours. Skim off any foam.
• Add the carrot, turnip, rutabaga and parsnip. Simmer for another hour.
• Remove the bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Remove the meat, shred it and discard the bones. Return the shredded meat to the pot along with the leek and cabbage. Simmer for another 30 minutes. Add salt to taste. We like this soup on the thick side, almost a stew. If you prefer the soup a bit thinner, add some more broth.
• Serve garnished with fresh chopped parsley.

SCOTCH BROTH II

Steps:

• To make the stock, put the lamb shanks, 3 onions, 3 turnips, 2 carrots, peppercorns and water in a large pot. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 3 hours. Skim the surface as required.
• Remove the shanks and any meat that has fallen off the bones and cool slightly. Remove the meat from the bones and finely chop, then cover and refrigerate. Strain the stock, discarding the vegetables. Cool the stock and refrigerate overnight, or until the fat has set on top and can be spooned off.
• Cover the barley with water and soak for 1 hour.
• Put the stock in a large pan and gently reheat. Add the drained barley, extra carrot, onion, leek, celery and turnip. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes, or until the barley and vegetables are just cooked. Return the meat to the pan and simmer for 5 minutes. Season well and serve with parsley.

TRADITIONAL SCOTCH BROTH

Steps:

• Place Lamb in a large pan and cover with water.
• place pan over med to high heat.
• While the water is heating dice the turnip, 1 of the carrots and the onions.
• grate the other 2 carrots and slice the leek.
• Add these to your pan of simmering water and skim off froth as you cook for 15mins.
• Rinse the barley and add to the pan together with the salt, pepper, ground coriander, clove, bay leaf and chopped parsley.
• Continue to simmer the soup for approximately 2hrs or until the barley is soft and the soup has become thick and almost sticky.
• Stir the soup as it cooks and skim off fat with a large spoon.
• Add more hot water from the kettle if required.
• Stir more often towards the end of cooking time as barley may stick to base of pan.
• Remove the lamb 15mins from the end and let it cool a little before removing the meat from the bones. Discard the bones.
• Cut the meat into small pieces and add to the soup.
• Taste the soup, add more salt if necessary and serve.

SCOTCH BROTH (SCOTCH SOUP)

Steps:

• Put the lamb bones into a Dutch oven or large soup pot and add 8 1/2 cups (2 liters) of water, barley, split peas and 2 teaspoonfuls of salt.
• Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for one hour, removing any scum which comes to the surface. Just in case you're not familiar with scumming a soup, this is what you want to remove and throw away.
• While the broth is simmering, you can prepare the vegetables.
• After an hour, the broth, barley and peas will look like this.
• Add the chopped carrot, onion, leek and rutabaga to the broth and stir. Add another teaspoonful of salt and bring to a boil. When the soup begins boiling, lower the heat and let the soup simmer for another half an hour, stirring occasionally.
• Chop/shred the cabbage while the soup is simmering.
• At this point, the broth looks like this.
• After simmering for half an hour, remove the lamb and add the shredded cabbage and continue to simmer for 15 minutes.
• This is what a vegetarian/vegan Scotch broth will look like. However, if you've used lamb, remove the meat from the bones, shred into small pieces and add it back into the soup. Add the chopped parsley and remove from heat.
• Stir well; taste and adjust seasoning. Ground black pepper is optional. Ladle into bowls while hot and serve immediately.

SCOTCH BROTH

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, brown lamb shank in oil on all sides; drain. Stir in water and broth. Insert cloves into onion. Add the onion, carrot, celery and seasonings to the pan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2 hours or until meat is very tender., Remove shank from broth; cool slightly. Remove meat from bone; cut into small pieces. Discard bone. Strain broth, discarding vegetables and seasonings. , Skim fat from broth. In a large saucepan, bring broth to a boil. Stir in barley. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 40 minutes. , Add the turnips, carrots, leek, salt and pepper. Return to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add lamb; heat through.

TRADITIONAL SCOTCH BROTH

Steps:

• The night before soak barley in cold water and put lamb in crock pot and leave overnight, or alternatively boil on stove top then simmer till ready.(I only use some water in the crock pot and add the rest to the cooking pot later).
• Put stock in large soup pot and season.
• Add barley and bring to the boil.
• Add the next four ingredients and simmer till veg and barley are soft, if using flank meat cut some of the meat up and add to soup discarding any fat.
• Add peas and simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes.
• Serve with some crusty bread and enjoy.

TRADITIONAL SCOTCH BROTH RECIPE

Steps:

• Finely chop onion and leek and dice carrots and neep.
• Add butter or oil to the pot and melt.
• Add onion and leek and allow to cook for 5 minutes but not brown.
• Add chopped carrots and neep.
• Add split peas and barley and pour over the stock, own stock recipe below.
• Bring to the boil then turn down to simmer for 1 hour.
• Add shredded cabbage (or kale) and leftover meat if using and simmer for a further 15 minutes
• Stir through parsley before serving.
• Roughly chop the ingredients into large chunks and add to the pot, bring to the boil, and allow to simmer for 1.5 hours.
• Add salt and pepper and taste.
• If you want a more robust stock, reduce further. You can top the stock up with water, or vegetable stock when you make the soup.
• Remove all stock ingredients, setting aside any meat you want to add to the soup later and the stock in another bowl/pot and continue with instructions below.