Water Barley
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the barley in 1 quart of water for three hours.
Add boiling water as needed to maintain 1 quart.
Strain the mixture and add a pinch of salt.
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 from the grain thickens the water and gives the drink its body and mild flavor.
The step that matters
Maintain the volume of water while boiling. Barley simmers for a long time and water evaporates, so adding boiling water keeps the liquid at one quart. Without this, the drink becomes concentrated and its flavor and body shift.
“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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