Name: Barley Water
Ingredients: 2 tablespoonfuls of allinson's barley; 1 quart of water in a saucepan; 2 oranges

Why it works: Barley and orange work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 79 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Barley Water

Ingredients

2 tablespoonfuls of allinson's barley
1 quart of water in a saucepan
2 oranges

Directions

Make the barley water

Mix 2 tablespoonfuls of Allinson's barley with a little cold water.
Add this mixture to 1 quart of water in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
Pour the hot mixture into a jug.

Finish and serve

When cool, add the juice of 1 or 2 oranges or lemons.
Add a little sugar if desired.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

255Calories

5 gProtein

1 gFat

59 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Barley	1 cup cooked (157g)	193
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By T. R. Allinson. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Project Gutenberg).

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. See the original page.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Barley + orangetop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together79 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Allinson's barley: Starch from the grain thickens the water slightly and gives the drink its body.
Oranges: Juice adds acidity and bright flavour to the drink.

“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.