Liverpool Lamb and Vegetable Soup (Scouse)
This is a traditional recipe for Liverpool scouse, also known as "lobscouse". The sauce is not thickened, and it is usual to serve with preserved beetroot or red cabbage and white bread with butter. An even more impoverished variety of this dish is 'blind Scouse', which features no meat.
- Prep
- 13 min
- Cook
- 29 min
- Total
- 42 min
- Servings
- As written in source
- Difficulty
- Easy
Timings are approximate — worked out from the method, not measured in a test kitchen.
Ingredients
Quantities are retained as written by the source and do not scale automatically. Tap an ingredient to check it off as you go.
Cooking instructions
Procedure
Remove the meat from the bone (if needed), and dice it.
Procedure
Heat a little oil in a large saucepan. Add the meat, and brown it.
Procedure
Add the chopped onions, carrots, and water or meat stock, and as many potatoes as possible.
Procedure
Simmer until everything is cooked.
Photo: Radarsmum67 from Liverpool, UK. · CC BY 2.0 · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 · Photo source and licence
Wikibooks contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · Adapted; quantities retained as written. · Original source
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Scale it
Use the quantities listed in the original recipe. Adjust them manually if making a different batch size.
Storage
Cool completely, then keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days.
Reheating
Reheat gently with a splash of water in a covered pan, rather than blasting it, so nothing dries out.
Approximate values per serving. Worked out from the ingredient list — treat them as a guide, not a measurement.
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