Barley-Water
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the barley thoroughly.
Soak the barley in water for 30 minutes.
Make the barley water
In a pot, bring 4 cups of water to a boil.
Add the soaked barley to the boiling water.
Simmer for 30 minutes, then strain the liquid.
Serve the clear barley water warm or chilled.
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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Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Barley
- Releases starch and flavour into the water, giving the drink its body and taste.
- Water
- Acts as the cooking liquid that extracts the barley's starch and flavour.
The step that matters
Simmer for 30 minutes, then strain the liquid. Simmering long enough extracts the barley's flavour and starch into the water. Straining afterward removes the grains so the liquid runs clear.
“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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