Pearl barley and mushroom soup

320 kcal · per serving

Lunch · Per serving

kcal: 320
Protein: 9.2 g
min: 70
What this plan asks for: 2 portions

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Ingredients

Pearl barley· cupboard, all year85 g
Mushrooms· cupboard, all year165 g
Carrot· fresh, in season now85 g
Onion· held over from the harvest65 g
Vegetable stock· cupboard, all year665 g
Soured cream· cupboard, all year50 g
Sunflower oil· cupboard, all year15 g
Bay leaf· cupboard, all year1 g

Method

Brown the mushrooms hard in a dry pan before any liquid touches them; mushrooms stewed from raw taste of water. The barley will keep drinking stock as it sits, so make it looser than you want to eat it.

When this dish is in season

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This week

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