Icelandic Meat Soup

==Description==
Icelandic Meat Soup
===Ingredients===
* 600 g (1 lb 8 oz) Lamb meat of a shoulder or leg, without bones and fat salt and pepper
* 3-4 large potatoes
* 1 leek
* 3 carrots
* 1 yellow turnip (rutabaga)
* 80 g (3 oz) root celery
* ½ cup rice
* 2-3 tbsp chopped herbs (parsley, chives, spring Onion) 
===Directions===
Cut meat into small cubes. Heat 1 quart water to a boil, add meat and a few of the bones and bring to a boil again. Pour water, meat and bones into a clean sink and wash well.
Place meat, bones and 1 ½ quart water into a large, clean pan, bring to the boil, skim and cook at a moderate heat for about 60 minutes. Remove bones and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Clean vegetables, cut into pieces and add to the pot. Bring to boil, skim, add rice and cook for 20 minutes, season to taste with salt and pepper if needed and add herbs to the soup just before it is served. 
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==See also==
Category: Icelandic Soups
Category:Soups Category:Recipes
Category:Icelandic Recipes
category:Rutabaga Soup Recipescategory: Boiled Rutabaga Recipes
category:Turnip Soup Recipescategory: Boiled Turnip Recipes
Category:parsley Recipes
Category:parsley Recipes
category:rutabaga Recipes
category:rutabaga Recipes
category:Potato Recipes
category:carrot Recipes
category:pepper Recipes
category:chives Recipes
category:celery Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:Onion Recipes
category:salt Recipes
category:rice Recipes
category:Lamb Recipes
category:leek Recipes