- A 75g bag of pearl barley
- A 12g sachet of porcini mushrooms
- 1 lemon
- A 150g pot of plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- A 150g pot of yogurt
- A 200g punnet of gourmet mushrooms
- 2 shallots
- A handful of thyme
- A handful of flat leaf parsley
- 1 pomegranate
- 2 tbsp brown rice vinegar
- 400ml boiling water
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- 3 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Sieve
- Pan with a lid
- A couple of bowls
- Jug
- Frying pan
- 1.
Heat your oven to 100°C/Fan 80°C/Gas ¼. Rinse the pearl barley under cold water, then tip into a pan with the porcini mushrooms. Grate in the zest from the lemon. Pour over 400 ml boiling water and cover. Simmer over a medium heat for 40 mins.
- 2.
Meanwhile, make your yogurt flatbreads. Tip the flour into a large bowl, saving 1 tbsp for later. Add 1 tsp baking powder and a pinch of salt. Whisk two-thirds of the yogurt in a jug with 3 tbsp cold water. Pour into the flour and knead to a soft, wet dough.
- 3.
Divide the dough into 4 balls. Flour your hands with the remaining flour and flatten each ball to the size of a saucer. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan. Pop 2 flatbreads into the hot oil and cook for 2-3 mins on each side till golden and bubbly. Repeat with the remaining dough. Lay the flatbreads on a plate and put in the oven to keep warm.
- 4.
Thickly slice the mushrooms, keeping any smaller ones whole. Thinly slice the shallots. Strip the leaves from the thyme. Roughly chop the parsley. Cut the zested lemon into wedges.
- 5.
Halve the pomegranate across the midde. Holding the halves in your cupped hand, cut-sides down, whack them with a wooden spoon. The seeds should fall out. Catch them in a bowl.
- 6.
Heat the frying pan you used for your flatbreads over a medium heat. Add 1 tbsp oil, the mushrooms, shallots and thyme. Fry for 4 mins till softened. Pour in 2 tbsp brown rice vinegar and sizzle for 1 min.
- 7.
The pearl barley should be al dente (soft with a slight bite). Tip it into the mushroom pan with any remaining cooking water. Cook for 5 mins. Taste and season.
- 8.
Spoon the mushrooms onto the fluffy flatbreads. Dollop on the remaining yogurt. Scatter over the pomegranate seeds and parsley. Serve with the lemon wedges.