Barley-water
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the barley and soak it in lukewarm water for 30 minutes.
Cook
Bring 2 cups of water to a boil and add the soaked barley without draining.
Simmer for 1 hour, stirring often.
Serve
Sweeten to taste before serving.
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
- Barley
- Starch in the grain releases into the simmering water, giving the drink its body and cloudy texture.
“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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