Barley Broth
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and cook
Wash the pearl barley well.
Pour the water over the barley and bring to a boil.
Cook until the barley is soft.
Strain and serve
Strain off the water.
Add salt to taste and serve several times a day.
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
- Provides the main body and chewy texture, and its starch thickens the broth as it cooks.
“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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