Barley Water
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the barley
Put the barley in a pot with cold water.
Bring to a boil and cook for five minutes.
Drain the water and rinse the barley with cold water.
Simmer
Return the barley to the pot, add one quart of water.
Bring to a boil and simmer until ready.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Pearl barley
- Releases starch and grain flavor into the water, giving the drink body and a mild, toasty taste.
The step that matters
Drain and rinse the barley after the first boil. The first boil pulls out surface starch, dust and bitter compounds. Draining and rinsing removes them, so the final barley water stays cleaner-tasting and less cloudy.
“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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