Roasted Garlic & Chorizo Barley Risotto

Name: Roasted Garlic & Chorizo Barley Risotto
Total time: 300 s
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 bulb garlic; 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 x3 inch piece of Spanish chorizo; 3/4 cup pearl barley, rinsed; 1 tbsp fresh rosemary, chopped; 2 generous cups of good chicken stock; 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper

Celeste @celeste_xtina_C00K5

Essex

This serves one, and it contains one whole bulb of garlic, so if you are planning on going on any dates, don't have this the night before! But...if your lover likes garlic too, double up the quantities and stay home for the weekend together!

Celeste @celeste_xtina_C00K5

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Ingredients

5 mins

1 serving

1bulb garlic
1 tspextra virgin olive oil
1x3 inch piece of Spanish chorizo
3/4 cuppearl barley, rinsed
1 tbspfresh rosemary, chopped
2generous cups of good chicken stock
1 pinchsalt and ground black pepper

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Steps

5 mins

1

Heat the oven to 200 C/400 F
2

Place the garlic bulb on a piece of kitchen foil (if you are doing more than one, do them seperately)
3

Pour the teaspoon of oil over the garlic bulb.
4

Wrap the bulb up in the foil like a package, twisted at the top to make it easy to open.
5

Place the garlic in an oven tray and put in the oven to roast for 30 minutes.
6

Remove garlic from the oven to cool a little while you start on the risotto.
7

Remove any casing from around the chorizo, and chop into half inch cubes.
8

Put a pot over a medium low heat and add the chorizo. Stir it until it starts to sizzle and the oils are coming out of it.
9

Add the chopped rosemary and the pearl barley, and stir it for around 30 seconds.
10

Add the stock and bring it up to the boil.
11

Lower heat and simmer over a medium heat for 30 minutes, or until the stock is almost all absorbed. You can stir it every now and then, but it isn't necessary to stand over it like rice.
12

Meanwhile, open up the foil, snip the top of the garlic bulb, and open it up. Peel or squeeze the garlic cloves and put them in a pestle and mortar or a food processor. Mash or whiz it up until smooth.
13

If you have a smell of garlic on your fingers use a steel soap with cold water, or rub your hands and fingers on a stainless steel faucet with cold water until the smell is gone.
14

Season the risotto, then stir in the garlic 'butter' and serve hot.