Pearl barley stew

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 400 g potatoes
• 2 carrots
• 1 bunch of spring onions
• 125 g pearl barley
• 500 g pork (chop, shoulder, wedges or nut)
• 125 g ham, diced
• 1 liter meat broth
• 1 bay leaf
• oil
• salt and pepper

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 20 minutes

with meat and vegetables

Peel and dice the potatoes, peel and slice the carrots, and cut the spring onions into 1 cm rings. Rinse the pearl barley and drain. Pat the meat dry. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the ham cubes, then remove and drain. Add the meat to the pan and brown it all over in the frying fat. Add the vegetables, sauté, and deglaze with the meat stock. Bring to a boil, add the pearl barley and bay leaf, and simmer for about 1 hour. Remove the meat and cut into bite-sized pieces. Return it to the stew along with the ham and season generously with salt and pepper.