Barley Water Recipe
Ingredients
| Pearl barley - 1 oz | ||
| Water | 1 Pint | |
| Sugar to taste | ||
| Flavouring | ||
| Rind of 1 lemon or rind and juice of 1 lemon | ||
Directions
GETTING READY
1 Thoroughly wash the barley.
MAKING
2 In a pan add barley with water.
3 Add in very thinly peeled rind of the lemon, if desired.
4 Gradually bring to a boil.
SERVING
5 If using as a cooling drink, immediately strain over the sugar and lemon juice. Serve hot or cold.
6 If using as a soothing drink for complaints of the digestive tract, stew for about 1 hour, strain and sweeten.
TIP
Barley water can be kept for a few hours only.
1 Thoroughly wash the barley.
MAKING
2 In a pan add barley with water.
3 Add in very thinly peeled rind of the lemon, if desired.
4 Gradually bring to a boil.
SERVING
5 If using as a cooling drink, immediately strain over the sugar and lemon juice. Serve hot or cold.
6 If using as a soothing drink for complaints of the digestive tract, stew for about 1 hour, strain and sweeten.
TIP
Barley water can be kept for a few hours only.
Chef
