Irish Mulligatawny

Description
Mulligatawny is a traditional Irish soup that takes considerable time to cook.



Ingredients

 * 1/2 lb scrag neck of lamb
 * white pepper
 * 1/2 small turnip
 * 1 large carrot
 * 1 large onion
 * 1 small apple
 * 1 sprig of thyme
 * 1 blade of mace
 * 1 teaspoon chopped parsley
 * 1 oz corn flour
 * 1 tsp curry powder

Directions
Remove excess fat off lamb. Fry in large pot until fat runs. Slice and dice turnip, carrot, onion and apple. Place diced vegetables in a large pan and fry in the lamb-fat for 5 minutes. Add meat and fry until golden brown. Add apple, parsley, thyme and mace. Mix corn flour and water before adding it to the pan. Stir continuously. Bring to a boil. Add curry powder. Reduce heat and simmer for 3 hours. Take out meat and remove bones. Chop into pieces and put back to soup mixture. Season soup with salt, pepper and parsley. Serve hot.