Chicken and Pearl Barley Stew - Lavender and Lovage

Ingredients

• 4 skinless and boned chicken breasts (diced into 2.5cm/1)
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
• 2 onions, peeled and diced
• 4 carrots, peeled and diced
• 2 sticks celery, trimmed and diced
• 2 slender leeks, washed, trimmed and diced
• 2 small turnips, peeled and diced
• 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes
• 150mls red wine
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• 1 chicken stock cube made up to 600mls with boiling water
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
• 115g pearl barley
• Salt and pepper to taste