Recipe: Tasty Mushrooms Spinach Barley Risotto

Mushrooms Spinach Barley Risotto. Make this easy risotto recipe using high fibre pearl barley instead of rice. Packed with mushrooms and spinach, it makes an easy but filling meal for one. Add the barley, mix with the onions.

This dish cooks up the barley risotto-style, with rich beef broth. Pearl barley gives this risotto a slightly nutty taste and fantastic texture, with the added benefit of loads of selenium and fibre. If barley becomes dry, add a dash of olive oil. You can cook Mushrooms Spinach Barley Risotto using 12 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mushrooms Spinach Barley Risotto

1. You need 2 tbsp of Minced Garlic.
2. It's 2 cups of Chopped Onion.
3. You need 2 cups of Sliced Mushrooms.
4. Prepare 2 bunches of Spinach.
5. It's 1 of medium Cooked Potato (boil potato in hot water for 8 minutes).
6. You need 2 cups of Pearl Barley.
7. You need 1 tbsp of Olive Oil.
8. You need 3 cups of Mushrooms Broth/Veggie Broth/Water.
9. You need 2 tbsp of butter.
10. Prepare 1/4 cup of Parmesan Cheese.
11. Prepare 1 cup of Cherry tomato.
12. You need of Salt and Pepper.

When barley is tender, add spinach and mix well. This hearty, healthy mushroom risotto, from Top Chef Masters star Naomi Pomeroy cleverly uses barley instead of traditional rice. Mushroom Barley Risotto is a unique & elegant dish. Made with pearl barley, mushrooms & garlic then mixed with parmesan cheese for a What is Pearl Barley Risotto?

Mushrooms Spinach Barley Risotto instructions

1. Soak Barley for 30 minutes.
2. Rinse barley; boil a pot of water, add barley and cook for 10 minutes, drain and set aside.
3. Wash Spinach; boil a pot of water, add spinach and cook for 1 minute.
4. After 1 minutes, put Spinach in a bowl of ice water and wait for 5 minutes; drain and set aside.
5. Add Spinach, Cooked Potato, a cup of water, salt and pepper inside the blender and blend for 2 minutes.
6. In a sauté pan or skillet, heat the olive oil over medium high heat.
7. Add garlic and onion and cook for a minute.
8. Add mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes, set 2 tbsp of mushrooms aside for decoration..
9. Add cooked barley, spinach mixture and cook for a minute;.
10. Add white wine and mushroom broth and cook until the sauce is thickened.
11. Add butter and Parmesan cheese and mix it until butter is melted.
12. Add Cherry tomatoes and mix it well.
13. Put the cooked barley on the plate, and add mushrooms on top..
14. Done, enjoy!.

Traditionally, risotto is made with Arborio rice which is a short grain rice. Arborio rice requires constant monitoring on the stovetop. Use pearl barley instead of rice, with mushrooms and spinach, it makes an easy but filling meal for one. This pearl barley risotto with tomato and parmesan is a favorite amongst my healthy risotto recipes. Maybe you've also seen my pearl barley pumpkin risotto?