Saturday, June 7, 2008

Warming winter fare

Tonight I reprised yet another already blogged recipe......Jill Dupleix's Lamb and Barley Broth - a fabulous hearty soup that is an excellent winter meal (and it's inexpensive!). I had 3 lots of bones from lamb roasts that I had frugally squirrelled away in my freezer so hauled them out to make the stock instead of using the neck chops as Jill suggests. They boiled away for a while to make a glorious flavoursome stock to which I added the rest of the ingredients, as well as some left over meat from last nights lamb roast.



I also baked some lovely wholemeal plaited loaves to serve with it, they were a really lovely accompaniment. I did my usual breadmaker recipe, this time though using:

3 1/2 cups of flour
1/2c wheatbran
1 2/3 c warm milk
4 tsp yeast
3 tsp brown sugar
1 tsp salt

This all just gets bunged into the machine and set to dough. When ready I divided the dough into 8 balls, then divided those 8 pieces into 3, rolled each piece out into long strips and plaited them, giving me 8 largish plaited loaves. They were baked at 210C for about 12-15 mins. My daughter wolfed hers down (dipped regularly in the soup) so they are officially a success!

7 comments:

Anna said...

What a beautifully wholesome healthy looking meal!

ostwestwind said...

Your loaves look tasty and awesome.

Ulrike from Küchenlatein

Oh my! Apple pie! said...

That meal sounds hearty and delicious!
Your bread looks great too.

Rosie said...

That bread is really good and what a great looking meal :)

Rosie x

JillyB said...

At last I've got round to the soup! It's absolutely fab especially at this time of the year. I just wish I'd made the bread to go with it!!

Anonymous said...

Wow- this looks incredible. And, I love the idea of giving each diner their own braided roll... gorgeous!

Anonymous said...

Just wanted to drop you a note and let you know that I included you in my list of Top 10 Soup Recipes this morning- here's the link!
http://thefrugalflambe.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/top-10-soups/