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Pearl barley risotto with wild garlic pesto and mushrooms

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Ingredients for 2 servings:

  • 20 g butter
  • 1 onion(s)
  • 125 g pearl barley
  • 100 ml white wine or water with 2 – 3 tbsp Balsamic vinegar Bianco
  • 500 ml vegetable stock
  • 3 tbsp wild garlic pesto with hazelnuts
  • 20 g Parmesan
  • Salt
  • pepper
  • Mushrooms of your choice
  • some oil or butter

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 55 minutes

Finely dice the onion and sauté in hot butter in a sufficiently large saucepan. Add the pearl barley and fry briefly. Deglaze with white wine and evaporate the liquid while stirring. Pour in approximately 350 ml of stock and simmer, stirring, until the liquid is almost absorbed. Add enough stock and continue to simmer, stirring, until the desired consistency is reached. While the pearl barley is cooking, fry the mushrooms in butter or oil and season to taste. Mix 3-4 tablespoons of pesto into the pearl barley. Divide among plates, sprinkle with some grated Parmesan cheese, and serve with the mushrooms.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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