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Winter Root and Barley Soup {Food52 Potluck}


As the part of my Food52 potluck fennel pollen trifecta, I stuck fairly close to the recipe that was posted by Cara FrankCarrot Top Farro Soup, but swapped out the farro for barley, added some sambuca, and left out the garlic.

I still hear Maria's voice in my head in my head: Non cucinare con la cipolla e l'aglio insieme. (Don't cook with onions and garlic together.) Maria is the Italian woman who taught me to cook in Rome. I almost never break her rule.

1 bunch carrots, with tops
2 C barley
12 C organic chicken broth
1 parmesan rind
5 ribs celery, chopped
1 onion, thinly sliced
olive oil
1 fennel bulb, trimmed and diced
1cup 1 T fennel pollen*
1/2 C fennel fronds, roughly chopped
3 T sambuca

*Cara's original recipe called for 1 C of fennel pollen. That's almost $50 worth of fennel pollen. I suspect that she meant 1 C fennel fronds; I only had about 1/2 C, so I added in sambuca for more licorice-y goodness.

Slice the carrots into coins. Wash the carrot tops carefully and chop them finely. Heat the olive oil in a soup pot and add the carrots, onions, celery and fennel. Saute until tender, Add in the barley, the broth, and the parmesan rind. Simmer for 30-45 minutes until the grains are almost tender. Add the chopped greens, sambuca, and the fennel pollen. Cook for another 10-15 minutes until done.

Locate the parmesan rind and scoop it out. Serve hot with grissini.

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