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Asparagus with pearl barley and bacon
Fruit and vegetables
1
shallot
, finely chopped
2 bunches English
asparagus
, woody ends snapped off and reserved
85g/3oz cooked and shelled
broad beans
3
tomatoes
, skinned and seeds removed, cut into 1cm/½in cubes
Tins, packets and jars
300ml/10fl oz
chicken stock
800ml/1 pint 8fl oz
chicken stock
Cooking ingredients
225g/8oz
pearl barley
Dairy, eggs and chilled
100ml/3½fl oz
single cream
30g/1oz
butter
Meat, fish and poultry
60g/2¼oz bacon
lardons
Other
salt and freshly ground black pepper
50ml/2fl oz
white wine
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