Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 celery sticks with their Leaves,
chopped
2 leeks, chopped
1 carrot, finely diced
50 g/2 oz. pearl barley
1.2 liters/2 pints fresh
Vegetable stock
125 g/4 oz. mange tout,
Diagonally sliced
Salt and pepper
Heat oil in a saucepan add the chopped celery and leaves, leeks and carrot. Cook over A medium heat for 10 minutes. Stir in the pearl barley and stock, season to taste and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the mange tout And simmer for 10 minutes. Ladle into warmed bowls and serve.
