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    Barley and mushrooms are typically united in soup, but they also make an excellent salad. Dill adds sweet, herbaceous notes.
    Martha Stewart Living, September 2011
    • Prep Time 15 minutes
    • Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
    • Yield Makes 5 cups
      Serves 4 to 6
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    Ingredients

    • 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
    • 10 cremini or white button mushrooms, stems removed
    • 2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
    • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
    • Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
    • 3 cups cooked pearl barley, tossed with 1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar while warm
    • 1 carrot, grated
    • 1 celery stalk, sliced on the bias
    • 1 scallion, thinly sliced
    • 2 tablespoons fresh dill

    Directions

    1. Heat a skillet over high heat. Swirl in 1 tablespoon oil. Cook mushrooms, cap sides down, for 5 minutes. Let cool; slice.

    2. Whisk together remaining 1/4 cup oil, the vinegar, mustard, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Toss together mushrooms, barley, carrot, celery, scallion, and dill. Drizzle vinaigrette over top; toss to coat. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

    Variations

    To make this recipe as it appeared on Mad Hungry in March 2011, eliminate the scallion. To cook barley: bring 1 cup barley, 2 cups water, and 1/2 teaspoon salt to a boil in a small pot. Reduce to simmer, and cook until tender, about 40 minutes.

    Recipe Reviews

    • trazerogers
      8 Nov, 2011

      @cuznvin
      Really???? The second item listed in the ingred list is Red Wine vinegar and the instructions say in #3 to whisk together the vinegar and 1/4 cup of the olive oil. Maybe don't be so quick to criticize about who is publishing the recipes unless you have really read them.

    • cuznvin
      6 Oct, 2011

      Also, where in the directions does it state to use all the olive oil listed in the ingredients. There really needs to be more attention being paid when publishing recipes to the public.

    • cuznvin
      6 Oct, 2011

      I dont see vinegar listed in the ingredients.. What kind of vinegar do we use?

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