Blue Henry

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 1 smoked duck breast
• 200 g smoked pork belly
• 3 m.-sized potatoes
• 2 carrots
• 1 stalk(s) leek
• ½ celeriac
• 1 ½ cup(s) pearl barley
• 2 liters of vegetable broth
• Salt
• pepper
• 1 pinch of nutmeg, grated
• 1 sprig(s) lovage
• 1 pinch(s) of sugar
• ½ tbsp flour
• 1 tbsp butter

Instructions

Working time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

Palatinate pearl barley stew with duck breast

Cut the duck breast into thin slices. Peel the potatoes and dice them roughly. Clean all the vegetables and dice them finer than the potatoes. Chop the pork belly into small pieces. Rinse the lovage and shake dry. Add the pearl barley to the broth, bring to a boil, add the diced vegetables, chopped pork belly, and lovage, and simmer gently for about 45 minutes. Then add the diced potatoes and simmer for another 20 minutes. Remove the lovage sprig. Season the stew with salt, pepper, a little sugar, and nutmeg. Melt the butter in a small pan, stir in the flour, and sauté until lightly browned. Thicken the stew with the roux, arrange on plates, and serve garnished with slices of duck breast.