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Green barley with kale, pistachios and mint

Green Barley With Kale, Pistachios And Mint Recipe

Green barley with kale, pistachios and mint

Name: Green barley with kale, pistachios and mint
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 10
Ingredients: 375g pearl barley; 200g kale large stalks discarded; a small bunch mint leaves roughly chopped; a small bunch dill snipped; a small pack chives snipped; a bunch spring onions finely chopped; 100g shelled pistachios roughly chopped; 2 oranges juiced; 1 white grapefruit juiced; 4 tbsp avocado or olive oil; two pinches ground cinnamon

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: November 23, 2015 at 8:51 AM

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Serves 10

Easy

Total time: 35 mins

+ cooling

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This hearty salad is vegetarian and easy to make but is packed full of different flavours and textures. It goes particularly well with tea-smoked salmon

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Ingredients

Nutrition

375g pearl barley
200g kale

large stalks discarded
a small bunch mint

leaves roughly chopped
a small bunch dill

snipped
a small pack chives

snipped
a bunch spring onions

finely chopped
100g shelled pistachios

roughly chopped

DRESSING

2 oranges

juiced
1 white grapefruit

juiced
4 tbsp avocado or olive oil
two pinches ground cinnamon

Nutrition: per serving

kcal260

low
fat9.9g
saturates1.2g
carbs35.4g
fibre1.4g
protein6.6g
salt0.3g

Method

step 1

Cook the pearl barley in boiling water for 20-25 minutes, or until tender, then drain well and spread on a tray to cool. Bring another large saucepan of water to the boil and add half of the kale. Boil for 1 minute only, then drain and rinse under cold water to cool quickly. Pat dry with a paper towel.
step 2

Put the remaining kale into a food processor and pulse to finely chop. When the pearl barley is nearer room temperature, use a fork to mix with the blanched kale, finely chopped raw kale, mint, dill, chives, spring onions and chopped pistachios. Whisk the dressing ingredients and season really well, then stir through the barley salad and serve at room temperature.

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Janine Ratcliffe in a short sleeved long dress sitting on a chair beneath palm trees on a balcony

Janine RatcliffeFood director

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