Swiss Barley Soup: Hearty Bündner Gerstensuppe Recipe

Ingredients

• 100g pearl barley
• 50g butter
• 200g brown onion, finely diced
• Salt flakes and freshly ground white pepper, to taste
• 1 leek, white part only, washed and finely diced
• 450g carrots, peeled and finely diced
• 500g celeriac, peeled and finely diced
• ¼ Chinese cabbage, finely sliced
• 1 x 150g piece raw speck, finely diced
• 1 x 150g piece schweinenacken, finely diced
• 1 x 100g piece smoked beef, finely diced
• 1.5 litres water
• 450g potatoes, peeled and finely diced