Water, Barley
Ingredients
Directions
Boil 1 tablespoon of barley in 1 quart of water for 3 hours.
Add boiling water as needed to maintain 1 quart.
Strain the mixture and add a pinch of salt.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Barley
- Releases starch and flavour into the water, giving the drink its body and mild grain taste.
The step that matters
Add boiling water as needed to maintain 1 quart. As the barley simmers, water evaporates and the liquid concentrates. Topping up with boiling water keeps the volume and strength consistent, and keeps the simmer from stopping.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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