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  • 900g of lamb
  • 50g pearl barley
  • 3-4 scraped and sliced carrots
  • 2 sliced onions
  • 1 peeled and chopped swede
  • 3 Leeks chopped into chunks (keeping the greener end as this adds colour and flavour)
  • Small bundle thyme
  • 1 bayleaf
  • 900g potatoes cut into big chunks
  • 1 tbsp chopped parsley
  • 10 Black peppercorns
  • Can also use any fresh root vegetables that happen to be in season

    Method

    • step 1

      Trim the meat of fat, cut into big chunks put in a deep pan with plenty of water, bring to the boil slowly and skim (throughout the cooking process you need to ensure there is enough liquid to cover the ingredients)
    • step 2

      Add the pearl barley, carrot, onions and swede.
    • step 3

      Bring back to the boil, add half tsp salt and the peppercorns, then the thyme and bay leaf bundled with string, and simmer gently for 2 hours.
    • step 4

      Add the potatoes and simmer for 20 minutes. Taste for seasoning. Add the leeks and simmer for a further 5-10 minutes.
    • step 5

      Serve with garnish of Parsley, warm, crusty, wholesome bread and Caerphilly cheese.
    • step 6

      The Cawl will be fine to eat for 24hrs but is best eaten within 18hrs. If eating the next day you might need to add some water with lamb stock added to thin.
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    Debbie Ball 1 avatar

    Debbie Ball 1

    A star rating of 1 out of 5.

    There is no way any true welsh person would use pearl barley in their cawl.. This recipe is a JOKE.

    jane911

    My mother put cabbage in too. The truth be told the ingredients was probably what available.

    cilycoed

    My Cawl recipe has parsnips instead of carrots and swede, parsnips add a little sweetness and I add more finely sliced leeks just before cawl is ready, so as to add a loely colours and crunch. I haven't used barley either. I will try that when next I make cawl.

    almira

    In our house we find that cawl is best eaten the following day.

    bradley6171

    In cawl we use swede cut into chunks and not pearl barley and can also use beef instead of Lamb.

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