Hearty Italian Beef and Barley Soup Recipe - Better Homes & Gardens Australia

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 600g beef chuck steak, diced into 1cm pieces
• 2 brown onions, thinly sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
• ¼ cup tomato paste
• 1 Tbsp roughly chopped rosemary leaves
• 1L salt-reduced beef stock
• 1L water
• 2 carrots, cut into 1cm dice
• 2 parsnips, cut into 1cm dice
• 2 sticks celery, thinly sliced
• 400g can diced tomatoes
• ¼ cup pearl barley
• Sea-salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to season
• Finely grated parmesan, to serve
• Micro parsley leaves, to garnish
• Edible pastry spoons, to serve (see recipe, below)