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Medium
2 Hours
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I know what you are thinking. Really? Mushroom Barley? Hold it, hold it. This is no ordinary Mushroom Barley Soup. This is Mushroom Barley Soup, done right. This is the kind of soup that will sit in my freezer all winter long, divided into small portions, so that Child A will be able to have some any time she wants, without having to wait too long for it to defrost. It’s the perfect Motza’ei Shabbos, Erev Shabbos, before supper is ready, once supper is done, after homework, before bedtime, Sunday lunch, anytime really kinda soul food. Yes. Now you understand.
3 large carrots, peeled, cut into large chunks
2 parsnips, peeled, cut into large chunks
2 tablespoons oil
2 onions, diced small
5 garlic cloves, minced or 5 cubes Gefen Frozen Garlic
1 knob celery root, finely diced
2 small zucchini, finely diced
1 small yellow squash, finely diced
7 celery stalks, sliced
10 ounces white button mushrooms, sliced
10 ounces baby bella mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup barley, such as Glicks Pearl Barley, rinsed
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons flour
1 (15-ounce) can Gefen Tomato Sauce (see Note)
Place carrots and parsnips into the bowl of a food processor fitted with the “S” blade. Pulse a few times until vegetables are coarsely chopped (but don’t let it run too long; you want small pieces, not puréed vegetables).
Heat oil in a large pot. Add onion and garlic; sauté onions until translucent. Add chopped carrots and parsnips, knob celery, zucchini, squash, celery, and mushrooms; sauté a few minutes longer.
Add barley and spices. Cover with water; bring to a simmer. Once simmering, add flour; stir. Cook soup for about one and half hours, or until barley is tender.
Add tomato sauce; stir to combine. Taste; adjust seasoning. Serve hot.
Reproduced from Our Table by Renee Muller, with permission from the copyright holders ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications, LTD.
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Our favorite soup!!
delicious!!! will be making it again iyh. definitely add in the tomato sauce.
Was delicious! (and I also pulsed the knob celery in the food processor instead of dicing, was just fine!)
hardy soup tasty and hardy soup. i found it to be more of a vegetable soup, than just a mushroom barley soup. i was hesitant to put in the tomato sauce, but in the end took the chance, and the flavoring is nice.
Great!