Barley with Purple Sprouting Broccoli

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Seasonal Salads

By Fi Buchanan

Published 2023

  • About

A big kitchen time-hack for me is having precooked wholegrains handy in the fridge or freezer. I always make a big batch as it takes just as much effort to cook a large quantity as it does a small one. A ready supply is very handy for our household, who are ‘never not hungry’. I often serve this right out of the roasting tin.

Ingredients

  • 200 g barley (approx. 500 g cooked barley)
  • 1 lemon

Method

Preheat the oven to 210°C/190°C fan. Cover the barley with plenty of cold water in a large pan, bring to the boil and simmer for about 30 minutes, until tender, then drain well.

Halve the lemon and cut one half into thin slices. Drizzle the oil over the base of a