Vegetable Barley Risotto

Name: Vegetable Barley Risotto
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 59 milliliters whole unsalted butter; 30 milliliters canola oil; 1 medium carrot, medium dice; 1 liters chicken broth; 1 clove garlic, chopped; 454 grams pearl barley; 1 medium red onion, medium dice; 1 medium yellow squash, medium dice; 1 medium zucchini, medium dice

The recipe Vegetable Barley Risotto could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in roughly 35 minutes. This recipe makes 6 servings with 410 calories, 10g of protein, and 14g of fat each. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up squash, garlic, canolan oil, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as a side dish. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Bring chicken broth to a simmer. In a separate large saucepan on an adjacent burner, heat the oil and add barley. Lightly saute: you actually are toasting the barley.

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Chicken Broth

Barley

Cooking Oil

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Sauce Pan

Add vegetables to the barley and saute them until translucent.

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Vegetable

Barley

Add bay leaf and garlic. Begin slowly adding broth, 1 ladle-full at a time, to the barley/vegetable pan, stirring occasionally: this will bring out the starch in the barley. As the mixture absorbs the broth, ladle more into the pot. When all of the broth has been ladled into the barley pot, slowly simmer until barley is soft and creamy.

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Vegetable

Bay Leaves

Barley

Garlic

Starch

Broth

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Ladle

Frying Pan

Pot

Add butter as the last step for more flavor and creaminess to risotto.

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Butter

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Servings:

bay leaf 59milliliters

whole unsalted butter 30milliliters

canola oil 1medium

carrot, medium dice 1liters

chicken broth 1clove

garlic, chopped 454grams

pearl barley 1medium

red onion, medium dice 1medium

yellow squash, medium dice 1medium

zucchini, medium dice

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio are my top picks for Italian. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. The Antinori Badian a Passignano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione with a 4.6 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 60 dollars per bottle.