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Most of my broth-based soups have two elements: the soup base and a taste stir-in. I’ve been making this kale sauce on and off and determined it might be good as ending in a soup. As a result of the kale sauce brings the flavour, I preserve the barley base fairly easy.
I like utilizing Bob’s barley for this recipe because it’s a pearled version- the cooking time is way than if utilizing complete grain barley. The barley cooks whereas prep and cooking of the opposite components within the soup are finished. It nonetheless takes about 45 minutes, nevertheless it’s one among my favourite dinners (so long as I’ve good bread to eat with it).
Alliums
I prefer to preserve my flavorings straight-forward in soups, often with yellow onions and garlic. Nonetheless, shallots or leeks would even be good on this soup. Combine and match no matter you might need available.
Carrots/Greens
Carrots are in all probability my favourite soup/stew add-in. When you don’t have carrots, you possibly can additionally use squash or candy potatoes as a substitute.
When it comes to the greens, you possibly can swap the kale out for chard or spinach. When you determine to make use of spinach, blanching will likely be quick- only a dip within the water to brighten the spinach in shade.
Carrot Barley Stew with Kale Sauce
Substances
½ pound carrots (2 medium)
½ medium yellow onion,
1 tablespoon olive oil
¼ teaspoon sea salt
½ cup pearled barley
4–5 cups vegetable broth
1 cup packed kale leaves
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
½ teaspoon apple cider vinegar
¼ teaspoon sea salt
Crushed purple pepper, for serving
Parmesan, for serving
Directions
- To prep, the greens, peel the carrots and reduce them into ¼” thick half circles, then mince the onion. Warmth a pot over medium warmth and add the olive oil, adopted by the minced onion and salt. Prepare dinner till the onion has softened, then stir within the carrots. Add the carrots adopted by the barley and 4 cups of the vegetable broth. Carry to a boil, scale back to a simmer, and cook dinner till the barley is cooked.
- Whereas the soup is cooking, deliver a pot of water to a boil and add the kale leaves. Prepare dinner for a couple of minutes till the kale has brightened in shade and is gentle. Switch to a blender together with the olive oil, garlic, vinegar, and salt. Puree, including a splash of the blanching water as wanted to skinny the combination sufficient to puree principally easy.
- When the barley is finished, stir within the kale combination and produce the soup to a simmer; style and modify add extra salt as wanted. It’s additionally presently you possibly can add extra broth to skinny the soup down as wanted.
