Name: Mushrooms with Wheat Berries
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: sea salt and black pepper; 400 g wild mushrooms, such as chanterelles, trompettes de mort, porcini, pieds de mouton, oyster (or the equivalent of dried and field – for how to cook); 5 tablespoons olive oil; 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; 1 level teaspoon ground cumin; 1 small bunch fresh coriander, roughly chopped; juice of ½ lemon; 50 g wheat berries (dried weight); ½ onion

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Moro

By Samantha Clark and Samuel Clark

Published 2001

About

Wheat berries are hulled whole grains of wheat that have an interesting, slightly chewy texture, usually used in soups, pilavs or puddings. They are available in Lebanese shops. You could use pearl barley instead.

Ingredients

50 g wheat berries (dried weight)
½ onion
400 g wil

Method

Simmer the wheat berries in 1 litre water with the onion for 40–60 minutes or until tender, then drain. Pick over the mushrooms for any bits. If they are particularly dirty, wipe them with a damp cloth. Slice the mushrooms up roughly. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and add the garlic. As soon as it starts to colour, add the cumin and mushrooms. Stir for a minute, lo

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