Recipe: Perfect Barley Risotto

Barley Risotto.

You can cook Barley Risotto using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Barley Risotto

1. You need 1 cup of pearl barley.
2. It's 3 cups of water.
3. Prepare 2 cubes of butter.
4. It's 2 cloves of chopped garlic.
5. It's 300 g of mushrooms.
6. It's 200 g of spinach.
7. It's 1 of small chopped onion.
8. Prepare to taste of Salt and pepper.
9. It's of Cheese for shaving on top.
10. Prepare 20 g of thyme.

Barley Risotto step by step

1. Boil barley in water over high heat, after 1 boil keep it on slow for 20-25 mins or until done..
2. In a pan, take butter put garlic and cook until it starts to get golden from edges..
3. Add onions and cook for 2 mins.
4. Put mushrooms and cook for couple of mins, add salt and pepper..
5. Add barley (once cooked) and stir, add spinach, stir gently & add herbs.
6. If you like creamy you can add some white wine too and some cheese..
7. Shave parmesan cheese on top before serving.