Pearl barley risotto

Ingredients

250 g (9 oz) pearl barley, soaked overnight
1 shallot, diced
200 g (7 oz) mixed wild mushrooms, sliced
175 ml (6 fl oz) dry white wine
2 spring onions, sliced
½ red pepper, thinly sliced
½ orange pepper, thinly sliced
125 g (4 oz) Isle of Mull cheese, diced
200 ml (7 fl oz) vegetable stock 

Place two tsp olive oil in a large pan, add barley, shallot and half of mushrooms. Cook on a medium heat for five minutes. Add wine, spring onions, peppers, cheese and stock. Cook for a further 10 minutes on a medium heat, stirring occasionally until thickened. Add another two tsp olive oil and remaining mushrooms and remove from heat. Mix through and serve.

(Stuart likes to serve this with a little newspaper cone of butternut squash chips.)

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