Mediterranean Barley Vegetable Stew

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 shallots, finely chopped
• 2 medium yellow onions, diced
• 28 ounces diced fire-roasted tomatoes
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
• 1 1/2 cups pearl barley
• 12 ounces roasted red peppers, drained and cut into strips
• 5 ounces fresh spinach
• 1/2 cup castelvetrano olive, pitted and sliced
• 1 cup water
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, heat olive oil.
• 2 saute garlic, shallots, and onions until soft and translucent, about 6 minutes.
• 3 add tomatoes, broth, rosemary and barley.
• 4 bring to a simmer, then cover and cook until barley is tender, about 50 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 5 stir in the roasted red peppers, spinach, olives, and water.
• 6 cook until spinach is wilted, about 2 minutes.
• 7 season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• 8 remove rosemary sprigs before serving.