Side Pannel
Barley Casserole
Barley Casserole
- Recipe Submitted by ADMIN on 09/26/2007
Category: Vegetarian, Low Fat
Ingredients List
- 1 c Sliced mushrooms
- Onion
- Garlic clove, chopped
- 1 1/2 c Washed pearl barley
- 2 cn Stock
Directions
Saute some sliced mushrooms (say a cup or so), in a teaspoon or so of
butter. Or sweat the mushrooms after sprinkling with butter flavor or
butter extract. Take a 1-1/2 quart ovenproof dish and add 1-1/2 cups
washed pearl barley. Add 2 cans (about 3-3/4 c) stock (see note below).
Add the mushrooms, deglazing the pan with a bit of the stock. Bake,
covered, in a medium oven (350-375 deg F) until the barley is tender
(notice that barley never gets softit's more like al dente, there's a
little resistance, but no starchy core) which takes about an hour or so,
depending on the age of the barley, etc. Add more stock if it dries out
before it's done, but don't drown it.
Optional extrassweat a little minced garlic, a clove or two, in a little
broth until it softens. Do the same with chopped onion, about 1/4 to 1/2
cup.
Broth noteI use beef-flavored boullion because the flavors of beef and
barley go very well togetherthis dish is very "meaty" and satisfying. You
can certainly use any good broth, as long as it's not too salty. There are
quite a few good vegetarian beef-flavored broths, as well as vegetable
flavored broths, both canned and dry. This isn't good with chicken-flavored
broth; something about the barley just doesn't work.
Two good books are Greene on Grain and Great Grains, but I think this
recipe came from somewhere else.
butter. Or sweat the mushrooms after sprinkling with butter flavor or
butter extract. Take a 1-1/2 quart ovenproof dish and add 1-1/2 cups
washed pearl barley. Add 2 cans (about 3-3/4 c) stock (see note below).
Add the mushrooms, deglazing the pan with a bit of the stock. Bake,
covered, in a medium oven (350-375 deg F) until the barley is tender
(notice that barley never gets softit's more like al dente, there's a
little resistance, but no starchy core) which takes about an hour or so,
depending on the age of the barley, etc. Add more stock if it dries out
before it's done, but don't drown it.
Optional extrassweat a little minced garlic, a clove or two, in a little
broth until it softens. Do the same with chopped onion, about 1/4 to 1/2
cup.
Broth noteI use beef-flavored boullion because the flavors of beef and
barley go very well togetherthis dish is very "meaty" and satisfying. You
can certainly use any good broth, as long as it's not too salty. There are
quite a few good vegetarian beef-flavored broths, as well as vegetable
flavored broths, both canned and dry. This isn't good with chicken-flavored
broth; something about the barley just doesn't work.
Two good books are Greene on Grain and Great Grains, but I think this
recipe came from somewhere else.
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