Winter Vegetable Soup with Pearl Barley - Rest Less

Ingredients

• 40g butter
• 1 leek, sliced
• 2 sticks of celery, finely sliced
• 2 carrots, peeled and diced into 1-2cm pieces
• 1 medium parsnip, peeled and diced into 1-2cm pieces
• 1 medium potato, peeled and diced into 1-2cm pieces
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 stalks of thyme
• 100g pearl barley (rinsed)
• 75ml white wine
• 1.2ltr (2pt) vegetable or chicken stock
• 1tbsp tomato puree
• 2tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley