Pearl-Barley Puree or Shlem

Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia

Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Boil pearl barley very soft with butter and salt; rub hot through a sieve.
  2. Thin with hot strained bouillon, boil, and strain through a napkin.
  3. Add a yolk-cream liaison, thin further, and heat very hot without boiling.
  4. Scatter a little whole boiled barley into the tureen and serve.

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