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Student's Ragout/Beef & Barley Soup Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1lb round steak cut in thin strips across the grain
½ lb lean bacon slices (fattier bacon, remove most of the fat)
2 to 3 carrots – pealed & sliced
1 to 2 onions - sliced
4 to 6 potatoes – pealed & sliced
1cup water

Place all ingredients into a heavy pan with a lid in the following order:
1) – Bacon strips; 2) – steak. Sprinkle with pepper.
3) – carrots; 4) – onions. Sprinkle with salt & pepper.
5) – potatoes. Sprinkle with salt & pepper.
Add water. Cover and cook over low heat for 45 minutes.
Directions:
Directions:
Beef and Barley Soup
Donna Rafanello
1 ½ lb. Boneless Beef chunks (cut small) 6 ½ cups water, Beef stock, or Beef broth
2 cups diced celery 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
1 cup sliced carrots 1 cup chopped onions
1 tsp. salt ½ tsp. pepper
1 clove garlic, minced 1 6 ounce can tomato paste ¾ cup Quick Barley Quakers

Trim fat from meat, cut meat into ½ inch cubes. In Dutch oven combine meat, water (broth), celery, mushrooms, carrots, onion, salt, pepper, and garlic. Bring to boiling: reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 1 – 1 1/4 hours or until meat is tender. If necessary, skin fat. Stir in tomato paste and barley. Return to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 10 minutes or until barley is done. Makes 8 servings. Can be frozen and served at later date. Heat at low temp. till warm.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This recipe is from Mavis Hall's mother. A generation of very special cooks!
Second recipe is from Donna Rafanello, she made it with love for her family. Hope you will all make it for yours!!

 

 

 

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