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Herbed grain salad

Made a day ahead, improves cold, no reheat. Season fit; herbs and grain want a cool pour Vermentino or a dry Riesling. Herbs and grain want something cool and not oaky.

Base recipe

This is the base recipe: one batch, 10 portions. Nothing has been scaled, because there is no committed plan for this dish. Build and commit a plan that includes it and this card multiplies itself to the batch count the plan computes.

Base recipe · one batch, 10 portions20 min active27 min totalmoderate
Wine / drink pairing

Season fit; herbs and grain want a cool pour

Vermentino or a dry Riesling. Herbs and grain want something cool and not oaky.

Leftover route

Improves cold overnight. Add extra lemon and oil the next day; do not reheat.

Ingredients · one batch
  • Pearl barley1.5 lb
  • Parsley2 bunch
  • Cucumber3 ea
What does not scale

Multiplying the ingredients is the easy half. These are the parts of the recipe that the batch count does not move.

Cooking time
About 20 minutes on the stove at this scale. Bringing a bigger volume up to temperature takes longer than the multiple suggests; the simmer afterwards does not.
Method
  1. Read the whole method before you shop. This is a planning recipe for herbed grain salad, not a certified kitchen test.
  2. Amounts below are one batch: 10 portions. Build a plan and this card scales itself to it.
  3. This dish can be completed up to 1 day ahead. Cold storage is the real limit — do not make it ahead if the fridge is already tight.
  4. Stovetop occupancy is about 20 minutes at this scale. Bring to a simmer, finish, hold covered.
  5. Holds about 180 minutes once finished. After that, quality drops — do not invent extra time.
  6. Drink pairing: Vermentino or a dry Riesling. Herbs and grain want something cool and not oaky.
  7. Leftover route: Improves cold overnight. Add extra lemon and oil the next day; do not reheat.
  8. Confirm every ingredient and every allergen yourself. Dietary tags are planning filters, not safety guarantees.
Make-ahead

Can be completed up to 1 day ahead. Fridge units: 1 per batch, so 1 batch takes about 1 shelf-thirds while it waits.

Scaling

Base recipe: one batch, 10 portions. Nothing has been scaled, because no plan was open. Cooking time does not move with the batch: about 20 minutes at the stove either way.

Not every line here was multiplied by the same number. Why doubling a recipe is not multiplication

Equipment

Stovetop · Cold storage · Landing space

Planning filters

contains gluten

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