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.