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Cawl

Name: Cawl
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 500g Lamb; 3 Potato; 2 Green Onion (Long); 2 Carrot; 2 Turnip; 1 Onion; 1.5L Water; A pinch Parsley; 2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Soup

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Wales's national soup of lamb, potatoes, leeks, and root vegetables.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Cawl is Wales's signature dish, made by slowly simmering lamb or bacon with leeks and root vegetables. The leek is a symbol of Wales, worn on the lapel on St David's Day. Every family has its own ingredients and method, and it's usually eaten with cheese and bread.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On St David's Day, a family with leek pins on their chests gathers around a big pot of cawl, served with hard cheese and bread.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Lamb 500g
Potato 3
Green Onion (Long) 2
Carrot 2
Turnip 2
Onion 1
Water 1.5L
Parsley A pinch
Salt 2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Put the lamb and water in a pot, bring to a boil, and simmer on low for 1 hour, skimming.
Lift out the meat, cut into bite-size pieces, and return to the pot.
Cut the onion, carrots, and turnips into bite-size pieces, add, and simmer 20 minutes.
Add the potatoes in bite-size pieces and simmer another 20 minutes.
Add the sliced leeks and simmer 10 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper and scatter with chopped parsley.

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