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smoky portabella barleysagna
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Zippylip
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I love lasagna as much as the next guy but wanted one with pasta that had some kick back. I’m a huge fan of barley, love its texture & resiliency so I figured it might have potential as a substitute for pasta if it could be formed into lasagna sheets in its natural intact form. This was the first experiment:
Begin with a one cup batch, cook it down till sludge-like then spread it out on a plastic wrap lined cookie sheet to a uniform thickness, then another sheet on top with some weight (I used a 5lb bag of rice). Into the fridge to set up (plan being that the starch would cement it all together to form a workable sheet).
The next day: removed the plastic wrap & sliced the barley sheets to fit the Pyrex dish:
So far so good, it held together. Here’s a small section trimmed off the side:
Meanwhile, grill some portabella mushrooms with some cherry smoke:
To the dish add whole milk ricotta that has been sufficiently flogged with air, locatelli, salt & pepper:
Then add the smoky sliced mushrooms:
Then the second sheet of ‘pasta’:
Top off with some mozzarella, olive oil, & herbs:
Back onto the cooker:
I baked this for about 30 minutes, around 350, just to get everything welded together & add a nice hint of smoke:
Sliced down:
On some simple sauce:
It was so good I hadda go in for a second:
This was tasty as hell & no harder or easier than making it with traditional lasagna sheets. It accomplished the desired effect, a texture difference between the pasta & the other ingredients. Probably has some health benefits as well over the alternative
Begin with a one cup batch, cook it down till sludge-like then spread it out on a plastic wrap lined cookie sheet to a uniform thickness, then another sheet on top with some weight (I used a 5lb bag of rice). Into the fridge to set up (plan being that the starch would cement it all together to form a workable sheet).
The next day: removed the plastic wrap & sliced the barley sheets to fit the Pyrex dish:
So far so good, it held together. Here’s a small section trimmed off the side:
Meanwhile, grill some portabella mushrooms with some cherry smoke:
To the dish add whole milk ricotta that has been sufficiently flogged with air, locatelli, salt & pepper:
Then add the smoky sliced mushrooms:
Then the second sheet of ‘pasta’:
Top off with some mozzarella, olive oil, & herbs:
Back onto the cooker:
I baked this for about 30 minutes, around 350, just to get everything welded together & add a nice hint of smoke:
Sliced down:
On some simple sauce:
It was so good I hadda go in for a second:
This was tasty as hell & no harder or easier than making it with traditional lasagna sheets. It accomplished the desired effect, a texture difference between the pasta & the other ingredients. Probably has some health benefits as well over the alternative
happy in the hut
West Chester Pennsylvania
West Chester Pennsylvania
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Damn that looks good.
Not to get technical, but according to chemistry alcohol is a solution...
Large & Small BGE
Stockton Ca.
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Nice! I am just used to barley in beer and soup. I wonder if you can use straight barley flour to make the noodles...
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Eggcelsior said:Nice! I am just used to barley in beer and soup. I wonder if you can use straight barley flour to make the noodles...
happy in the hut
West Chester Pennsylvania -
I was thinking that the barley flour may be a good alternative to plain flour for pasta. I get your point about the texture, though.
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You get the THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX award for this! Looks awesome. I will try this
LBGEGo Dawgs! - Marietta, GA -
Really nice...Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN
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