Cawl

Description
Welsh Soup

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