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Roasted Herb Barley

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Ingredients And Procedures

1 lg Onion, minced

1/2 ea Stick butter

1/2 lb Fresh mushrooms, sliced

1 c Pearl barley

1 t Salt

3 c Chicken broth (I use

-vegetable) 1 t Thyme

1/2 t Marjoram

1/2 t Rosemary

1/4 t Sage

1/4 t Summer savory

Preheat oven to 350 deg (F) In a large ovenproof pan, cook onion in butter for 3 to 5 minutes or until soft. Add mushrooms and cook for 3 minutes. Stir in pearl barley, salt, thyme, marjoram, crushed rosemary, sage, and summer savory. Saute over moderately high heat, stirring for 3 minutes to coat barley. Add hot broth and bring to a boil. Bake covered for 55 minutes in oven preheated to 350 degrees (F).

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