Cream of barley soup

10 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Pearl barley
1 cup Onion; chopped
1 cup Celery; chopped
½ cup Leeks; chopped
3 Ham hocks; or-
2 slices Smoked ham; chopped
3½ quart Chicken stock
6 tablespoons Instant mashed potatoes
1 cup Heavy cream
***BOUQUET GARNI***
6 Parsley sprigs
½ teaspoon Thyme
2 mediums Bay leaves

Directions

Wrap herbs in piece of cheesecloth. Combine all ingredients except mashed potatoes and cream in removable liner. Place liner in base.

Cover and cook on low 4-5 hours. Remove ham hocks, if used, and discard, or else chew on the bones, like I do. Also, discard bouquet garni. Add instant mashed potatoes, stirring well, and add cream. Cook on high for 15 minutes.

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by rfalconmoors@... (roseanne m M Brown) on Dec 1, 1998

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