Barley Water
Ingredients
Directions
Wash the barley thoroughly.
Simmer the barley in 3 pints of water over low heat until the water is reduced to 1 quart.
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
- Provides the starchy grain flavour and body that the cooked liquid carries.
The step that matters
Simmering until reduced to 1 quart. Simmering gently over low heat concentrates the liquid and extracts flavour and starch from the barley slowly. Boiling hard can evaporate too fast and scorch the grains on the bottom of the pan, so the reduction should be watched closely.
“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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