Not everybody like pureed soup, but most of us love a smooth velvety texture of the soup base, especially if it's done with fresh veggies.
Serves 8 Salt 1 cup pearled barley (I used 1/2 cup quick barley and skipped first paragraph of the recipe) 3 tablespoons oliv.
Barley Mushroom Soup Makes 4 to 6 servings 10 -12 large dried shiitake mushrooms 4 medium sized carrots 8 cups stock (vegetable or beef .
Substituting easy to cook barley takes all the hard work out of risotto without the loss of the creamy, al dente textures and flavors.
In Estonia we have blood-sausage tradition (a mixture of blood, barley and herbs in animal intestine baked in oven).
We love barley - and using quick-cooking barley has this pilaf ready in no time.