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6 - Once I have been able to reproduce the effect successfully 3 times, it graduates to my main blog, La Mouffette Gourmande

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Thursday, December 28, 2023

Herbed Duck Soup with Barley and Potato - Testing


0 - I want to use the recipe in the link as my base but I don't specifically want to alter it to my tastes, I want to adapt it to my cooking, therefore the below comes with some important differences from the original, differences that are as of yet unproven.
1 - It was very good, but the original recipe asked for 2.5cups of broth, I added an extra 4 and it still came out more like a stew! Also, Ben feels that more pepper makes the soup. Since I didn't measure it, I will have to experiment.

6+ cups duck broth
2 bay leaves
2 tsps. Herbes de Provence
¼ tsp celery seed
1 onion, chopped
3 carrots, sliced
1 cup pearl barley
½ tsp salt, to taste
?? pepper
Any leftover meat from a roast duck, chopped
1 lb diced potato
1½ cups corn kernels
3 large chard leaves, washed, rolled & shredded
  1. Combine in a soup pot the broth, bay leaves, dried herbs, onion, carrots, celery seeds and salt and pepper. Simmer for about an hour.
  2. Add the meat, potato and corn and chard and simmer another 15 to 30 minutes, or until the potatoes are soft.

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