Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, pearl barley mushroom risotto. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Repeat until the stock is used up, or the pearl barley is soft and swollen. Add the mushrooms, thyme and seasoning, and stir through to warm for a minute or two. Remove from the heat, add the cream. This Barley Risotto with Mushrooms features fabulously nutty pearl barley, cooked up risotto style with mushrooms, garlic and Parmesan.

Pearl Barley Mushroom Risotto is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Pearl Barley Mushroom Risotto is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have pearl barley mushroom risotto using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pearl Barley Mushroom Risotto:

1. Take 200 g pearl barley,
2. Make ready 1 onion, diced finely,
3. Get 2 large cloves garlic, sliced very finely,
4. Take Handful fresh parsley leaves, roughly chopped, few as garnish,
5. Prepare 8 g dried Porchini mushrooms, larger broken to smaller pieces,
6. Get 1.25 litres boiling water with 1/2 cube vegetable stock,
7. Prepare 1 glug of white wine (optional),
8. Prepare Sea salt and cracked black pepper to season,
9. Prepare 1 tbsp vegetable oil,
10. Get 1/2 tbsp salted butter
11. Prepare Parmesan cheese, to grate over

This mushroom risotto has a wonderfully rich flavor and it's healthier too! As it turns out, pearl barley is a wonderful grain to use for making risotto. Because the outer hull and bran layers of the barley grain have been removed, it releases starch as it cooks, similar to Arborio rice, the traditional grain used for risotto. The result is an ultra-creamy, hearty dish you won't soon forget.

Instructions to make Pearl Barley Mushroom Risotto:

1. Add oil to a large saucepan and warm over a medium heat. Add the onions and a good grind of black pepper and softly cook them until translucent, stirring occasionally, this will take around 6-8 minutes. Add in a good pinch of salt and the garlic and fry for 10-15 seconds until fragrant.
2. Add the pearl barley and the white wine and combine everything together well, fry for around a minute whilst stirring to evaporate off the alcohol a little. Add in the dried mushrooms and pour in half a pint of stock (250ml) and stir. Once the stock has almost reduced, pour in another 250ml. Continue to simmer over a medium heat, stirring occasionally.
3. Continue this process of reducing down the stock and then adding another 250ml stock until the pearl barley is tender and cooked but still with a gentle bite to it. Right towards the end you may need to turn down the heat a smidge so the liquid reduces slower. Remove from the heat and add in most of the chopped parsley reserving a little as garnish. Add in the butter and gently stir through, to make the risotto beautifully creamy.
4. Serve up and garnish with more fresh parsley, salt and pepper to taste and a grating of quality Parmigianino Reggiano cheese. Enjoy! :)

Because the outer hull and bran layers of the barley grain have been removed, it releases starch as it cooks, similar to Arborio rice, the traditional grain used for risotto. The result is an ultra-creamy, hearty dish you won't soon forget. Wholesome and nutty, barley is a superb alternative to arborio rice in this risotto, since it's naturally plump and chewy when cooked. The grated Parmesan and butter stirred in at the end release. *Pearl barley is barley with the hull removed and is widely available in most grocery stores. **Alternative method to save time (but increase dishes): Saute the mushrooms, then the garlic in a second pot, while the barley is cooking in the first. This multitasking will result in a faster dinner, but one extra dish to wash.

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