Barley- Water
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the barley and soak it in a little lukewarm salted water for 30 minutes.
Cook and strain
Pour the soaked barley into 1 pint of boiling water and let it simmer for 30 minutes.
Strain the mixture into a pitcher.
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.
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What each ingredient does
- Pearl barley
- Starch from the grain thickens the water and gives the drink its body and mild flavour.
“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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