Cawl

Description
Welsh Soup

Ingredients

 * 1 tbsp bacon fat
 * 2 medium onions, diced
 * 2 parsnips, chopped
 * 5 carrots, sliced
 * 1 lb beef brisket
 * 2 lb bacon
 * 10 peppercorns
 * 4 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
 * water or beef stock
 * 1 lb potatoes, peeled and quartered
 * 5 small leeks

Directions

 * 1) In a heavy soup pot, heat the bacon fat and add the onions, carrots, leeks, garlic and parsnips.
 * 2) Brown the vegetables, and remove from the pot.
 * 3) Add the beef brisket and brown.
 * 4) Return the vegetables to the pot, removing some of the grease (as much as you prefer).
 * 5) Then add the bacon and spices, covering all in the pot with water.
 * 6) Heat to boiling, take off the skim on top, and reduce heat.
 * 7) Simmer for 3 hours.
 * 8) Add potatoes about 30 minutes before the end of the simmering.