Barley stew

• ⏱ 2 h 30 min
• Easy
• 6 ingredients
• Serves 4

Barley stew is a weekend or holiday dish from our “Slovenian classics” collection. It takes about 2 h 30 min, the difficulty is easy and you need 6 ingredients.

Ingredients for 4 people

• Pearl barley200 g
• Dried beans200 g
• Smoked ham400 g
• Carrots2
• Potatoes2
• Bay leaves2 leaves

Method in 5 steps

1. Soak the beans overnight (if not tinned).
2. Put the barley, beans and ham in a pot with 3 l of water and simmer for 1 hour.
3. Add diced carrot, potato and bay leaves.
4. Simmer for another 45 minutes.
5. Cut the ham back into the pot and season.

Cooking for more or fewer people

The amounts above are for 4 people. On the Recipes page you can pick anything from 1 to 20 people and Nakupko scales the amounts for you. Untick what you already have and the rest goes onto your shopping list in one tap. In the app, that list opens by itself when you walk into a store.