Barley Broth
Ingredients
Directions
Wash the pearl barley.
Boil the barley in water until soft.
Add sweet herbs and salt.
Strain the broth.
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 thickens the water as it cooks, giving the broth body.
- Water
- Carries the barley's flavor and softens the grains as it simmers.
The step that matters
Boiling the barley until soft. Pearl barley needs a full, steady simmer to soften through. Undercooked grains stay firm and leave the broth thin and gritty-tasting.
“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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