Among the first courses, soups are especially popular with cooks. It is easier and easier to cook them than another “liquid” one, and this type of food will not be inferior to any other in taste and nutritional qualities and usefulness. Vegetable, cereal, mushroom, fruit - there is truly no limit to culinary abundance!
General recommendations
Pearl barley soup is especially indicative in this regard. Although it is associated with official catering (Soviet-era canteens, army and sanatorium, hospital cuisine), but properly prepared, it will give odds to many culinary delights. The main thing is how to properly cook the grits. Then the pearl barley soup will turn out to be aromatic, hearty, rich. And to save cooking time, be sure to soak the barley for 3-4 hours, so that it thoroughly softens. And, of course, sort it out, otherwise any garbage will fall into the food. And before soaking, rinse well under running water. Appetizing is the pearl barley
soup in meat broth. But he is good and lean. For aroma and taste diversity, do not forget to put the roots, and for a more pronounced color - carrots. We can also please lovers of
dairy cuisine: from our article you will learn how to cook milk pearl barley soup.
Milk soup
It is with him, by the way, that we will begin! The dish will appeal to all the sweet tooth, especially children. You can cook it both for breakfast and for dinner. And you will not have problems with what and how to feed the little picky ones! How to cook sweet pearl barley soup ? The recipe recommends taking 5 tablespoons of barley per liter of milk. You don’t need to fall asleep anymore, otherwise you will get not the first, but porridge. Sort the cereals, rinse and soak for at least 2 hours. And it is better in the evening, if you are planning a meal in the morning, or from lunch, if you want to serve it for dinner. And the soup with pearl barley should stand on fire, the recipe indicates almost an hour. So everything should be done well in advance!
Pour the cereal into boiling water and boil for about 10 minutes. Then drain the water, and transfer the pearl barley to a pan with hot milk. Cook for 45-50 minutes on low heat, stirring occasionally. If the soup is too thick, add more milk. At the end of cooking, pour a bag of vanillin or vanilla sugar into it. Sweeten the dish to taste, season with a few tablespoons of butter and remove from heat. Serve the dish hot, with butter croutons. And put in each plate a few leaves of mint.
Mushroom delicacy
But by lunchtime it will be pearl barley soup with mushrooms. How to prepare cereals in advance, you already know. It turns out very tasty food cooked on meat broth. It will take about 2-2.5 liters. Boil the barley until half cooked. About half or two-thirds of a glass is consumed in a soup pot. You will also need potatoes - 4-5 tubers, 250-300 g of mushrooms (you want - put more, this is for everyone), 200 g of parsley and celery roots, 1 onion, a little oil for frying, and also spices: bay leaf, fragrant pepper, salt.
Peel potatoes, cut into cubes. Chopped washed mushrooms and fry in oil along with onions. Cut the roots into small cubes and add to the mushrooms, add a little salt. Put the cereal in the boiling broth, and let it cook for 15 minutes. Then add the potatoes. After another 10 minutes, send the mushroom roast to the pan. Shortly before cooking, salt, pepper, add spices. Before serving, sprinkle the soup with parsley or dill and season with sour cream to taste. You can put it directly in the plates. The nobleman turns out to be a soup, what you need!
Cereal pickle: cook the base stock
Fans of delicious food will surely be pleased with pearl barley soup with cucumbers, and simply put, a pickle. Traditionally, it is cooked with kidneys, usually beef. You need to be able to process them: carefully remove the fat, remove the films. Each kidney (half a kilogram is required for soup) is cut into several parts, washed, transferred to a saucepan with cold (exactly cold!) Water and allowed to boil. Then drain the water, and once again rinse the meat well under the tap. Now you can cook the broth from it - the procedure lasts about an hour and a half.
Cereal pickle: bring the dish to readiness
During this time, you can prepare the rest of the ingredients. You will need half a glass of pearl barley (presoaked), 2-3 pickled cucumbers, 50 g celery root, 1 stalk and 1
parsley root, a small carrot, onion head, 4 large potatoes. Cut the roots and onions into strips and fry in vegetable oil. Cut the potatoes into slices, cucumbers too, diced carrots. When the broth is ready, remove the kidneys, and strain the broth. Put the groats in it and boil for 15 minutes. Add cucumbers and potatoes and cook for another half hour. About 10 minutes before the deadline, put the frying in the soup and pour a little cucumber pickle (so that the taste is more vivid). Chop the kidneys, arrange them in plates. Pour the pickle, add sour cream and chopped herbs to the plates. Delicious dinner you got!