Ingredients

  • 200 red onions (finely chopped)
  • 15 g dried mushrooms (porcini and oyster)
  • 100 g chestnut mushrooms (sliced)
  • 250 g carrots (diced)
  • 2 garlic cloves (minced)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 150 g barley
  • 100 g leeks (sliced)
  • 1 12 liters vegetable stock (hot)
  • 12 teaspoon white pepper
  • 28 g sage (roughly chopped)
  • 4 sprigs lemon thyme
  • 175 ml ruby port

Method

  • method one:.
  • preheat oven to gas mark 6, reconstitute the dried mushrooms in a little hot water for 10 minutes.
  • place all ingredients into a large casserole dish with tight fitting lid mix well, place in oven and cook for about 1- 1hr 30 hour until barley and carrots are cooked.
  • Check on it every so often in case it needs a little more water.
  • Under the same principle this can be cooked in a slow cooker, reduce the hot stock by 1/4 pint.
  • method 2:.
  • preheat oven to gas mark 6, reconstitute the dried mushrooms in a little hot water for 10 minutes.
  • heat oil in heavy based oven hob to oven casserole dish fry onions for 5 min on medium heat , add garlic and barley stir well, add port deglaze pan.
  • add all other ingredients, inclduidng dried musrooms and their soaking water.
  • place in oven for approximately 1 hour, checking occasionally that there is enough water) at this point add pheasant on rack in casserole dish (if cooking with pheasant) barley mix will take approximately 1- 1 1/2 hour to cook.
  • serve on own as a risotto maybe with some parmesan or with roast meat or sausages.