Barley risotto with asparagus & mushrooms
To reduce saturated fat, olive oil replaces the butter usually used in this Italian-style dish.
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 3⅓ cups (835 ml) salt-reduced chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 250 g mushrooms, preferably a variety of types, coarsely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 cup (200 g) pearl barley
- 250 g asparagus, trimmed, and cut into bite-sized pieces, leaving tips whole
- ½ cup (40 g) grated parmesan cheese
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:40min ›
Ready in:55min
- Heat the stock and 2 cups (500 ml) water in a medium saucepan to just below a simmer. Cover; keep at a simmer.
- Heat oil in a large, deep, non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Sauté onion until slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Add chopped mushrooms and garlic. Sauté until mushrooms soften, 5 minutes. Stir in the barley. Stir in 2 cups (500 ml) hot stock mixture. Simmer, covered, 15 minutes.
- Blanch asparagus tips in the stock liquid in the saucepan for 2 minutes. Transfer to a plate with a slotted spoon.
- Add more hot stock to the barley mixture, ½ cup (125 ml) at a time, stirring frequently. Each addition of liquid must be fully absorbed before any more is added. When adding the last of the stock, stir in asparagus stems and parmesan. Serve the risotto topped with asparagus tips.
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After a lot of research across many food and recipe sites, I chose this recipe for my first Barley Risotto. I did however make some modifications based on things I saw in other recipes as well as I needed to half the recipe. For a recipe for 2 persons, I made the following adjustments: used 2 cups of vegetable stock added 1/2 cup of white wine. In step 2 I reduced the quantity of stock to 1/2 cup and added 1/2 cup of white wine to cook the barley. Have made this recipe more than once and it is now part of my "go to" recipes. - 13 Dec 2012 (Review from Allrecipes Southeast Asia)