A barley pottage made with eggs and milk as a side dish with meat.
Based on a number of 1300’s and 1400’s recipes.
- Prep Time: 5m
- Cook Time: 25m
- Total Time: 30m
- Serves: 4 people
- Category: Dinner, Historical cooking, Medieval, Renaissance, Side dish
Ingredients
- 200 milliliters pearl barley
- 4 milliliters water
- 125 milliliters milk
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Boil the water and add the barley once it is boiling in a pot. Add a lid and let it boil until al dente - that's about 15-20 min.
- While it cooks you separate the egg and add the yokes to the milk along with the salt. Mix it together.
- Add the egg-mix into the barley and give it a bit of a boil until it thickens.