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Barley Lemonade

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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. a tablespoonful of sugar
  2. a teacupful of good
  3. a half cup of pearl barley
  4. a quart of cold water
  5. two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice
Contains Gluten Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Lemon juice High in vitamin C

    High in vitamin C · 39 mg per 100 g, 48% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemon juice, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Put a half cup of pearl barley into a quart of cold water, and simmer gently until the water has become mucilaginous and quite thick.
  2. This will take from an hour to an hour and a half.
  3. The barley will absorb most of the water, but the quantity given should make a teacupful of good, thick barley water.
  4. Add to this two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice and a tablespoonful of sugar.
  5. Let it get cold before serving.
  6. By returning the barley to the stewpan with another quart of cold water, 28 and simmering for an hour or an hour and a half longer, a second cup of barley water may be obtained, almost as good as the first.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan