Barley Cakes Recipes

BARLEY CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Mix together dry ingredients.
• Mix together wet ingredients.
• Combine and mix together both dry and wet ingredients.
• Oil a muffin tin or use muffin liners.
• Drop by spoonful into prepared muffin tin.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes. Cakes will be light brown when done.

BAKED BARLEY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Place the barley into a 1 1/2-quart ceramic or glass baking dish (with a lid) and add the butter, salt and boiling water. Stir to combine. Cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil and place the lid on top of the foil. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 1 hour.
• After 1 hour, remove the cover, fluff with a fork and serve immediately.

STICK-TO-THE-RIBS BARLEY AND CURRANT CAKES

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, add 3 tablespoons oil. Add garlic, shallot, thyme and barley; cook for 2 to 3 minutes until softened. Mix well. Add chicken stock and bring mixture to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to low. Cook for 30 minutes until barley is tender and liquid is absorbed. Remove sprigs of thyme. Fold in currants and parsley.
• Remove barley to a parchment lined sheet tray. Allow to cool completely in refrigerator. Once cooled, add barley mixture to a bowl. Mix in flour and egg. Form mixture into 3-inch patties and place on a platter.
• In a large saute pan over medium high heat, add remaining oil. Sear cakes for 1 to 2 minutes on each side. Remove from pan and serve.

LEMON BARLEY CAKE

Steps:

• Boil the barley as per your cooking instructions, usually about 1 hour simmering, drain and rinse to stop it cooking any further.
• Preheat oven to 180C.
• In a bowl put all the dry ingrediants; flour, ginger, bicarb, and almonds.
• Melt the butter, sugar and treacle.
• Remove from heat and stir in the milk, and gradually the beaten egg.
• Pour the liquid into the dry mixture and stir well. Stir in the lemon juice, zest and natural flavouring.
• Pour into two greased and lined 23cm sq baking tins, or similar sized round tins. Bake for around 1 hour, until a knife comes out clean.
• Once the cake has cooled, slice off any crusty edges as the pearl barley gets quite hard on the edges.
• Try it with with vanilla ice cream, clotted cream, or custard.

BARLEY BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in onion, barley, and pine nuts. Cook and stir until barley is lightly browned. Mix in green onions, mushrooms, and parsley. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer the mixture to a 2 quart casserole dish, and stir in the vegetable broth.
• Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until liquid has been absorbed and barley is tender.

BARLEY BAKE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the mushrooms, celery and onions in butter until tender. Add barley; cook and stir until barley is golden brown, about 6-7 minutes., In a greased 2-qt. baking dish, combine barley mixture, 1 cup broth and parsley. Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes., Uncover; stir in almonds and remaining broth. Bake 45-50 minutes longer or until barley is tender.

BARLEY OAT PANCAKES

Steps:

• Mix oat flour, barley flour, wheat germ, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; make a well in the center. Stir milk, eggs, banana, honey, oil, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Pour milk mixture into the well in the flour mixture and gently stir just until batter is moistened and slightly lumpy. Add more milk to thin the batter, if desired.
• Heat a griddle or skillet over medium-low heat. Drop a small amount of water on surface. If water bounces, the griddle is ready. Lightly grease the griddle by running a paper towel dabbed with oil around the bottom of the griddle.
• Drop batter by large spoonfuls onto the griddle forming 4- to 6-inch circles and cook until bubbles form and the edges are dry, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and cook until browned on the other side, 2 to 3 minutes. Repeat with remaining batter.

ORANGE-BARLEY POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees with rack in lower third. Butter a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan. In a bowl, whisk together flours, baking powder, and salt. With a vegetable peeler, peel zest from half of orange into about 5 strips; squeeze and reserve 2 teaspoons juice. Pulse zest strips with granulated sugar in a food processor until finely ground.
• In another bowl, beat butter and cream cheese on medium until smooth. Add orange-sugar mixture; beat on high until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in vanilla and eggs, one at a time, on medium. Add flour mixture; beat on low until just incorporated. Pour batter into pan; smooth top with a spatula.
• Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until cake is golden brown and a tester inserted in center comes out clean, 1 hour, 15 minutes. (If browning too quickly, tent with foil.) Let cool 30 minutes in pan on a wire rack. Remove from pan; let cool completely on rack, about 2 hours.
• In a bowl, whisk together confectioners' sugar, reserved orange juice, and liqueur until smooth. Spread glaze over cake; sprinkle finely grated zest from remaining orange half over top.

BLACK BEAN & BARLEY CAKES WITH POACHED EGGS

Steps:

• Tip the beans, oats, ground coriander, cumin seeds, thyme and vegetable bouillon powder into a bowl and blitz together with a hand blender to make a rough paste. Stir in 1 egg with the whites of the spring onion and barley. If you're following our Healthy Diet Plan, separate half the mix for another morning and chill.
• Heat half the oil in your largest frying pan and fry the other half of the mixture in two big spoonfuls, gently pressed to make flat cakes. After 7 mins, carefully turn over to cook the other side for 4-5 mins.
• Meanwhile, poach two eggs in a pan of boiling water for 3-4 mins, and gently fry half of the tomatoes on the vine in a little oil for a few mins to brown slightly. Slide the cakes onto plates and top with the tomatoes, eggs, a scattering of the spring onion greens and half the sun ower seeds. On another morning, repeat steps 2 and 3 with the remaining ingredients.
• If you're not following the Healthy Diet Plan and you're serving four, follow steps 2 and 3 with all the ingredients instead of only half.

EGYPTIAN BARLEY BREAD

Steps:

• Combine yeast, water, and honey, and let proof 5 minutes.
• Add salt, eggs and shortening.
• Stir in flour and blend until dough is workable.
• Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for a couple of minutes.
• Place in a large greased bowl, turning to coat.
• Cover with a towel and let stand in a warm place for 90 minutes.
• The dough will rise slightly, but will NOT double.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead again.
• Shape into a round cake about 1/2" thick.
• Place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Cover with a towel and let rest for one hour.
• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Bake 15-20 minutes, or until bread is pale brown and sounds hollow when tapped.
• Cool on a rack.