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Barley salad with berries

This is really a typical Icelandic meal with typical Icelandic ingredients:

Barley grows in the country and has been traditionally used in Icelandic cuisine for centuries, as have blueberries, which are currently in peak season. And spinach is also common in Icelandic cuisine - as is blue cheese, which has become increasingly popular in recent years. And everything together results in this delicious barley salad.


Ingredients for 4 persons

250 g rolled barley
600 ml water
1/2 tsp salt
150 g fresh spinach
125 g fresh blueberries
120 g blue cheese
2 Tbsp oil
1 tsp coarse sea salt
1 pinch of black pepper


Preparation

Bring the water and salt to the boil in a large pot.

Add the rolled barley to the boiling water and simmer over low heat for about 30 minutes.

Then let the cooked barley cool down well.

Wash the spinach thoroughly and place in a large bowl.

Wash the blueberries too.

Dice the blue cheese and add it to the bowl with the spinach along with the blueberries.

Stir in the cooled barley.

For the salad dressing, mix the rapeseed oil with the salt and pepper and pour over the salad.

Stir thoroughly, let it steep briefly and then serve.

[Translated from here.]