Barley. Gray and plain "peasant rice", as it is popularly called. Coarse cereal grains, which many do not like since childhood. It seems, and how did historians turn their tongues to call tasteless barley the favorite porridge of Peter the Great? However, most people consider this grits coarse and ungrateful only because they do not know how to cook properly. But if you do everything, for example, according to the recipe of William Pokhlebkin, then porridge from the "pearl" groats may well become the most favorite dish on your table.
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You will need
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- glass pearl barley;
- 1 liter of water;
- 2 pans of different volumes;
- 2 liters of milk;
- sugar;
- butter;
- 100 milliliters of fat cream.
Instruction manual
1
Sort and rinse several times a glass of pearl barley. Rinse until water is clear. You can use a sieve or colander for this purpose.
2
In the evening, soak the peeled cereal in 1 liter of water. Leave it overnight. William Pokhlebkin recommends soaking barley 10-12 hours.
3
After a few hours, evaluate the result. The cereal swelled, became elastic and smooth. Water is completely or almost completely absorbed. If this is not the case, then the remaining liquid must be drained.
4
Pour milk into a smaller pan and heat it to 40-42 degrees. While the milk is warming, pour water into a large saucepan and boil, then reduce the heat to a minimum. Then carefully place the dishes in the pan with warmed milk. You got a water bath, on which the favorite porridge of Peter the Great will be cooked.
5
Pour your cereal into the milk, sugar and mix. You can’t touch the porridge all the time during cooking.
6
While cooking, monitor the water level in the bottom pan. Add boiling water as needed. Cooking barley in milk - at least 6 hours.
7
After 6 hours, evaluate the result. Milk during this time melted, becoming creamy pink, porridge milked to a delicate cream. All “shrapnel” has gone out of it, and the color from grayish has become pearl. A brownish milk crust has formed on top, which can be discarded, or you can even interfere with the finished porridge.
8
Add butter to the finished dish or pour 100 milliliters of fat cream, mix. You can set the table and collect applause from family members.
Useful advice
Everything is simplified if your home has such a useful device as a crock-pot. Now you can not worry about installing a water bath, constantly monitoring the water level, but simply load the milk and cereal into the multi bowl, put the stewing mode and set the time to 6 hours.