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Thick Barley Water

A thickened beverage made by steeping pearl barley in boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Thick Barley Water

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash the pearl barley several times in cold water.

  2. Strain the barley and place it in a clean jug.

Infuse and strain

  1. Pour ½ pint of boiling water over the barley.

  2. Stir occasionally and let it stand for 1 hour.

  3. Strain the mixture through muslin.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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
Its starch and soluble compounds release into the water, giving 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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