Tuscan Beef And Barley Soup Food

CROCK POT TUSCAN VEGETABLE BEEF BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• 1.Spray a large crock pot with cooking spray or use a plastic liner.2.Place all ingredients in crock pot, cook on high 4 to 5 hours or low for 8 hours. That's it! Don't forget the crusty bread. Enjoy!

TUSCAN BEAN AND BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat oil over medium heat.
• Add pancetta and saute until golden brown and crispy, about 5 minutes.
• Remove with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towels; set aside.
• Add onion, carrot, celery, and fennel to the pot; saute until softened, about 6 minutes.
• Add beans, garlic, rosemary, sage, thyme, and about 6 cups water, or as much as is needed to cover the beans by about 2 inches; bring to a boil.
• Decrease heat and simmer until beans are tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Discard rosemary, sage, and thyme sprigs.
• Meanwhile, cook barley according to package directions and set aside.
• Using an immersion blender, or in a food processor or blender in batches, puree soup until smooth.
• Return to the pot, if necessary.
• Add barley and pancetta; bring to a simmer over medium heat.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Ladle into heated bowls, drizzle with olive oil and garnish with Parmesan curls.

RICH BEEF BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven, such as Le Creuset. Add the oxtails, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes until browned all over. Remove the oxtails with a slotted spoon and reserve.
• Add the leeks, carrots, onion, celery, and garlic to the fat in the pot and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes, until the vegetables start to brown. Tie the thyme sprigs together with kitchen string and add to the pot along with the bay leaves. Return the oxtails to the pot and add the broth, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 1 teaspoon of pepper. Raise the heat and bring to a boil. Lower the heat, cover, and simmer for 1 hour. Discard the thyme bundle and the bay leaves, and skim off the fat.
• Meanwhile, bring 4 cups of water to a boil and add the barley. Simmer uncovered for 30 minutes, drain, and set aside.
• When the soup is ready, add the barley and cook the soup for another 15 or 20 minutes, until the barley is tender. Depending on the saltiness of the stock, the soup might need another teaspoon of salt and some pepper. Serve hot, with or without the oxtails.

TUSCAN BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• In a 5-quart saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon into small pieces, until brown, about 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove the cooked sausage and reserve.
• Add the barley and cook stirring constantly until lightly toasted, about 4 minutes. Add the broth, carrots, parsnips, zucchini, fennel, leeks, chard, cheese rind if using, bay leaf, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook, uncovered, until the barley is tender, about 35 minutes.
• Remove the Parmesan rind and bay leaf, and discard. Season the soup with the remaining 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with the cooked sausage and chopped chives.

BEEF AND BARLEY SOUP III

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, combine the oil, onions, celery, carrots, and garlic. Saute for 5 minutes, or until tender. Add the beef stock, barley, bay leaf and thyme and simmer until barley is softened but not mushy. Add the wine, potatoes and beef.
• Add the browning and seasoning sauce now if you want your soup to have more of a brown color. Simmer another 15 minutes and add the cabbage. Allow to simmer another 15 minutes, or until all vegetables are tender. Salt and pepper to taste.

MUSHROOM, BARLEY AND BEEF SOUP

Steps:

• Place the porcini mushrooms in a medium bowl; cover with boiling water. Cover and let stand 30 minutes or until tender. Drain mushrooms in a colander over a bowl, reserving liquid. Chop mushrooms; set aside.
• Heat a dutch oven over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add cremini mushrooms and chopped onion; sauté 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Spoon onion mixture into a medium bowl. Recoat pan with cooking spray. Add chopped carrot, celery, parsnip and minced garlic; sauté 4 minutes or until lightly browned. Add carrot mixture to onion mixture in a bowl.
• Heat oil in pan over medium-high heat. Add beef; cook 3 minutes, browning on all sides. Add 1°C broth to pan, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Add remaining 5 cups broth, chopped porcini, porcini liquid, onion mixture, 2 cups water, salt, pepper and thyme. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 1 hour or until beef is just tender.
• Discard thyme spring. Stir in barley; cover and cook 30 minutes or until barley is al dente. Uncover and cook an additional 15 minutes. Remove from heat; sprinkle w/parsley.

BARLEY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a soup pot.
• Add the onions and garlic and saute until the onions are golden.
• Add all the remaining ingredients except the last 4.
• Cover with the water.
• Bring to a simmer, and simmer gently covered for 1 hour.
• At this time the barley and vegies should be tender.
• Add the beans, parsley, and dill.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper, then simmer for another 30 minutes over low heat.
• Serve at once or allow the soup to stand for an hour or so before serving, then heat through as needed.
• *Asthe soup stands, it will thicken, adjust the consistency as desired with additional water, then correct the seasonings.

BEEF, BARLEY AND MANY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Season the meat with 1/4 teaspoon each of the salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the meat to the pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until well browned, about 5 minutes. Transfer the meat to a plate.
• Add the remaining tablespoon of olive oil to the pot, then add the onion and mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 4 minutes. Add the carrots, celery, chopped chard stems, if using (if you are using spinach, do not add it here), garlic, the remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes more.
• Add the broth, 2 cups of water, the diced tomatoes with their juices, and the barley and return the meat with any accumulated juices to the pot. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat to low, cover, and simmer until the barley is cooked and the meat is tender, about 1 hour. Add the chard leaves or spinach and the dill and cook for 2 minutes more, then serve.
• The soup will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days, or in the freezer for 3 months.
• SERVING SIZE: 2 1/4 cups
• PER SERVING: Calories 340; Total Fat 13 g (Sat Fat 2.5 g, Mono Fat 7 g, Poly Fat 1 g); Protein 21 g; Carb 38 g; Fiber 16 g; Cholesterol 50 mg; Sodium 860 mg; Total Sugar 9 g (Added Sugar 0 g)
• EXCELLENT SOURCE OF: copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, niacin, phosphorous, potassium, protein, selenium, thiamine, riboflavin, vitamin A, vitamin K, zinc
• GOOD SOURCE OF: calcium, folate, molybdenum, pantothenic acid

BEEF BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients, except peas, barley, salt and pepper in slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours, adding peas and barley during the last 20 minutes.
• Discard bay leaf and season to taste with salt and pepper.

BEEF-BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• In skillet brown beef.
• Place carrot, celery, green pepper, onion, corn and green beans in crock pot.
• Put meat on top.
• Combine tomatoes, barley, parsley, bouillon, salt and basil.
• Pour over meat.
• Add water.
• DO NOT STIR.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 10-12 hours.