Showing posts with label pearl barley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pearl barley. Show all posts

Monday 21 January 2019

Lamb & Pearl Barley Stew.

- Lamb & Pearl Barley Stew Recipe | Abel & Cole:
250g pack of diced lamb
1 onion
1 carrot
A stick of celery
1 chicken stock cube
A 75g bag of pearl barley
A handful of flat leaf parsley
1 red onion squash

1 tbsp olive oil
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
800ml boiling water

- Warm 1 tbsp olive oil in a medium pan.
Add the lamb.
Fry over a medium heat for 5-8 mins till the lamb is browned all over.
Turn it once or twice to make sure it browns evenly.

- While the lamb fries, peel and dice the onion and carrot.
Trim and finely slice the celery.
Pick the leaves off the parsley sprigs.
Put them to one side.
Finely chop the stalks.

- Add the onion, carrot and celery to the pan.
Season with salt and pepper.
Cook over a lowish heat for 5 mins, stirring now and then.
The veg should start to look soft and glossy.

- Crumble the stock cube into a heatproof jug.
Pour in 800 ml boiling water.
Stir to dissolve the stock cube.
Stir the parsley stalks into the veg with the pearl barley.

- Pour in the chicken stock.
Turn the heat up and bring the stew to the boil.
When it’s boiling, pop on the lid.
Turn the heat down.
Simmer for 30 mins.

- While the stew simmers, halve the squash.
Scoop out the seeds and peel it.
Chop the squash into smallish chunks.
Add them to the pan.
Simmer for 8-10 mins till the squash, lamb and pearl barley are tender.

- Finely chop the parsley leaves.
Stir them into the stew.
Taste and adjust the seasoning.
Ladle into warm bowls to serve.

Tip
Know your onion squashes
With their pointy tops, onion squashes look like big red onions (guess that’s how they got their name).
They’ve a soft, sweet flesh, that’s quick to cook.
You can eat the seeds too.
Dry them in a low oven and sprinkle with spices and salt for a crunchy snack.
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Sunday 14 October 2018

Pasta Gemelli with Anchovies, Tomato and Mascarpone.

Serves 2
Ingredients
175g gemelli pasta
salt, for pasta water
1 tbsp regular olive oil
6 anchovy fillets, finely chopped
1 clove of garlic, peeled and minced
¼ tsp dried chilli flakes
150g cherry tomatoes, halved across the equator
4 tbsp (60ml) dry white vermouth (chicken stock or possibly vegetable stock)
2 tbsp mascarpone
1 tbsp Parmesan, finely grated, plus more to serve
2 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves, plus more to serve
Method
Put a pan of water on to boil for the pasta. (Although you don’t need to start cooking your sauce till the pasta’s in, I’d get everything ready for it while you wait.)
Once it’s come to the boil, salt generously and add the pasta.
Check the pasta packet for advised cooking times, but do start tasting a good 2 minutes before you’re told it should be ready.

Once the pasta is in, put the oil and finely chopped anchovies into a heavy-based wok, or other capacious pan, and cook, stirring over a medium heat for about a minute, or until the anchovies have almost dissolved into the oil.
Stir in the garlic and chilli flakes, then turn the heat up a little and tumble in the tomatoes, stirring them gently for about 2 minutes, or until they are beginning to soften.

Pour in the vermouth, let it bubble up, then stir and push the tomatoes about in the pan for around another 2 minutes until they have broken down a little in the thickened, reduced, now orange-tinted liquid.
Take the pan off the heat, stir in the mascarpone and, when it’s all melted into the sauce, duly stir in the Parmesan and parsley.

Before you drain the pasta, lower in a cup to remove some of the cooking water.
Or use a mesh ladle or pasta claw to transfer the gemelli directly.
Add a tablespoon or so of the cooking water to the pasta sauce; this will help the sauce coat the pasta.
Drain the pasta, add it to the sauce and toss well to mix, adding more of the pasta cooking water if needed.
Sprinkle with a little parsley and take the Parmesan to the table to serve.

- Gemelli with Anchovies, Tomato and Mascarpone - Penguin Books Australia

- Nigella Lawson: exclusive recipes from her new book, At My Table | Food | The Guardian

Thursday 9 February 2017

Brandy-roasted chicken with mushroom pearl barley.

Recipe by Donna Hay published in the Mail Online.

SERVES 4-6
1 x 1.8kg whole chicken
4 cloves garlic, crushed
125ml brandy (Calvados)
60ml olive oil
sea salt and cracked black pepper
50g unsalted butter
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, extra, sliced
30g dried mixed mushrooms, rehydrated in 250ml boiling water
500g fresh mixed mushrooms
210g pearl barley
125ml dry white wine
375ml chicken stock

Preheat the oven to 200C (400F/gas 6).

Place the chicken, garlic, brandy, oil, salt and pepper in a bowl and toss to coat.
Place in the fridge for 1 hour to marinate.

Secure the chicken legs with kitchen string.
Heat a large nonstick frying pan over a high heat and cook the chicken, breast-side down, for 5 minutes or until golden.
Remove from the pan and set aside.

Melt the butter in the pan, add the onion and garlic and cook for 5 minutes or until the onion is softened.
Strain the dried mushrooms, reserving the liquid, and add to the pan with the fresh mushrooms.
Cook for 5 minutes.
Add the barley and wine and cook for 1 minute or until the wine is absorbed.
Add the reserved mushroom liquid and stock and stir to combine.
Transfer to a baking dish and top with the chicken.
Cover with aluminium foil and roast for 55 minutes.
Remove the foil and roast for a further 10-15 minutes or until the chicken is golden and cooked through.
Serve with the mushroom pearl barley.

Substitute for Brandy:
- Water, white grape juice, apple cider or apple juice, diluted peach or apricot syrups.
Substitute equal amounts of liquid.

Friday 20 April 2012

Pearl barley with spinach and pork mince.

This is a filling pork and spinach orzotto - like a risotto, but with pearl barley instead of rice.

Recipe:

Ingredients
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
150g/5½oz pork mince
200g/7oz pearl barley
120g/4oz spinach, roughly chopped
½ glass white wine
1 litre/1¾ pint vegetable stock
handful of flatleaf parsley, finely chopped
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preparation method
1. Heat one tablespoon of the oil in a large saucepan, add the onion and pork and cook, stirring, until the onion is soft and the pork
browned.
2. Stir in the pearl barley and spinach and cook for a couple of minutes.
3. Add the white wine and allow to evaporate.
4. Now gradually add the stock ladle by ladle, waiting until each ladleful has been absorbed before you add the next. Continue until the pearl
barley is cooked, about 30 minutes.
5. Remove from the heat, mix in the remaining oil and parsley and season with salt and black pepper. Serve immediately.

preparation time -less than 30 mins
cooking time -30 mins to 1 hour
Serves 4

By Antonio Carluccio and
Gennaro Contaldo
From Two Greedy Italians