Spiced Beef and Sweet Potato Soup Recipe - Better Homes & Gardens Australia

Ingredients

• 4 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus extra 2 Tbsp
• 350g gravy beef, cut into 2cm cubes
• 3 cloves garlic, minced, plus extra ½ clove, finely grated
• 2 sticks celery, stalks thinly sliced, leaves finely chopped
• 2 Tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tsp finely grated ginger
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• Pinch dried chilli flakes
• 2 Tbsp honey
• 200g sweet potato, peeled, cut into 1cm pieces
• 400g can chopped tomatoes
• ½ cup pearl barley
• 1.5L chicken stock
• 1 dried bay leaf
• ¼ cup flat-leaf parsley leaves, finely chopped
• Finely grated zest and juice of ½ lemon
• Sea-salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to season