mushroom and barley pie
“So it’s a pie?” “Well, it’s pie-like. I mean, it has a bottom crust and a top crust and it is filled with stuff. So yeah, pie.” “With farro?” “No, we have had barley sitting in the pantry for like a year so we’re going to eat that first.” “Awesome.” “And it has mushrooms and ricotta in it!” “And bacon?” “Ew, no. It’s a vegetarian Thanksgiving entree.” “Can we have bacon on the side?”
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 13 of 15 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Barley | 1 cup cooked (157g) | 193 |
| Ricotta Cheese | 1/2 cup (124g) part-skim | 174 |
| Farro | 1/2 cup cooked (100g) | 170 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Mushroom | 1/2 cup sliced (35g) | 15 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Olive | 1 large (4g) | 4 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Pastry | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- Something like olives or sundried tomatoes or or… there is something quite flat-tasting about it and all the salt and pepper in the world wasn’t enough to give it the dimension it needed.
- 3/4 cup pearl barley or farro
- 3 cups water
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 9 scallions, finely chopped (1 1/3 cups), divided
- 1 pound cremini mushrooms, sliced
- 1/4 cup dry Madeira (preferably Verdelho or Sercial)
- 1 cup whole-milk ricotta
- 1 (1-pound) package frozen all-butter puff pastry, thawed (if you can get
- , it will be worth every extra penny–promise)
- 1 egg yolk, beaten with 1 teaspoon water and a pinch of salt