Potato, barley & spinach soup

[judydawn]

Name of Recipe: Potato, barley & spinach soup
Number of People: 6 serves
Ingredients:
1 tbsp oil
100g onion, peeled and halved
100g carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
1 clove garlic
600g potatoes, peeled and diced 4cm pieces
1/2 can tomatoes (200g)
1 tbsp tomato paste (20g)
1/4 cup pearl barley (50g) rinsed
5 cups water (1.25 litres)
3 tbsp Veg stock concentrate
100g baby spinach
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Preparation:
Chop onion, carrot & garlic 2 sec/speed 5.
Add oil, sauté 5 mins/varoma/speed 1/reverse/MC on
Add diced potatoes, canned tomatoes, tomato paste, pearl barley, water and VSC.
Cook 70mins/90^o/reverse/speed 1/MC in. (It won't splatter at this temperature)
Add baby spinach and Worcestershire sauce.  Cook 2 mins/90^o/reverse/speed 1.


Tips/Hints:

Instead of vegetable stock you could use chicken stock.  
Flavours develop if allowed to sit a few hours before reheating.

[Bonsai]

Judy this looks yummy. I think I'll have to wait until the weather gets cooler before having a go at the recipe though.

[judydawn]

Thanks Bonsai, we are enjoying a cooler week here so I thought I'd slip in a soup meal 

[cookie1]

I love barley in soups. Like Bonsai I think I will wait for the temperature to fall under 30 for this. If it ever does. I'm now quite happy with anything up tom35 degrees and don't feel too hot.

[Denzelmum]

DH dinner request - soup with pearl barley.  Found this recipe and have all ingredients... yay!  Cooking now.

[cookie1]

I think it is soup time over here.