Zuppa d'orzo – Tyrolean barley soup
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This comforting Italian soup recipe hails from the Trentino-Alto Adige region in the north of Italy. It has a pearl barley base and is flavoured with smoked pancetta and winter vegetables. Nice and filling for a cold winter's day – or after a spell on the ski slopes!
First published in 2019
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Ingredients
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- 40g of butter
- 1 onion, diced
- 150g of smoked pancetta, diced into lardons
- 1 carrot, peeled and diced
- 1 celery stick, diced
- 200g of potatoes, (about 1 large potato), peeled and cut into 1cm cubes
- 100g of pearl barley
- 700ml of chicken stock, or vegetable stock
- 2 bay leaves
- salt
- pepper
SAVE RECIPE
Method
1
Melt the butter in a saucepan, then add the onions and smoked pancetta. Sweat down until the onions are soft and the pancetta is lightly golden
2
Add the carrot and celery and cook for a further 6 minutes until the vegetables are soft
3
Add the pearl barley, bay leaves, potatoes and stock and simmer for 30 minutes
4
Taste and season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately
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