Recipes

   Barley Cream Soup

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This is an eighteenth century Essex recipe which brings out the very subtle flavour of barley.
Ingredients
Serves: 6

100 Gram Pearl barley (4 oz)
1 Litres Chicken stock, or vegetable stock (1 3/4 pints)
150 ml Milk (1/2 pint)
150 ml Double cream (1/2 pint)
Salt and pepper
25 Gram Butter, in small pieces (1 oz)
2 Teaspoon Fresh parsley, chopped
Method
Blanch the barley for 1 minute in boiling water then drain.

Add the drained barley to the stock and simmer for 2 hours.

Pass through a fine mouli-l�gumes or liquidise. Add the milk, cream, salt, pepper and the butter.

Reheat and serve sprinkled with chopped parsley.



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