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Houbový Kuba (Czech Baked Barley with Mushrooms)
One serving has 490 kcal and 10 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of copper (103%), manganese (78%), selenium (66%), fiber (51%), pantothenic acid (51%) and niacin (38%). Ready in 105 minutes.
- Preparation: 35 min
- Cooking: 70 min
- Makes: 1 serving (427 g)
- Difficulty: Easy
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: dairy, gluten
Ingredients
- 80 g Pearl barley
- 250 g Water
- 10 g Dried mushrooms (porcini)
- 60 g Onion
- 20 g Butter
- 5 g Garlic
- 0.5 g Marjoram, dried
- 0.5 g Caraway seeds
- 0.2 g Black pepper
- 1 g Salt
Method
- Rinse the dried mushrooms, cover them with a little hot water and leave them to soak for 30 minutes. Rinse the barley.
- Cook the barley in the water with half the salt, covered, for 35-40 minutes, until tender but still holding its shape and the water is absorbed; drain off any that is left.
- Lift the mushrooms out, chop them and simmer them in their soaking water, poured off carefully so any grit stays behind, for 10 minutes until soft.
- Fry the chopped onion in half the butter for 6-8 minutes until golden.
- Heat the oven to 180 °C. Mix the barley with the mushrooms and their liquid, the onion, the crushed garlic, the marjoram rubbed between your palms, the caraway, the pepper and the rest of the salt. It should be moist; add a spoonful of water if it looks dry.
- Spread it in a buttered baking dish, dot the top with the rest of the butter and bake for 25-30 minutes, until a golden crust forms on top.
- Serve hot. Kuba is the old meatless dish of Czech Christmas Eve.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 490 kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 77.7 g | |
| Water | 319 mL | |
| Fiber | 15.2 g | 51% |
| Protein | 10.2 g | 21% |
| Tryptophan | 0.15 g | |
| Threonine | 0.35 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.36 g | |
| Leucine | 0.66 g | |
| Lysine | 0.39 g | |
| Methionine | 0.18 g | |
| Cystine | 0.2 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.53 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.28 g | |
| Valine | 0.48 g | |
| Histidine | 0.22 g | |
| Fat | 17.4 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 4.9 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 1.1 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.83 g | |
| Saturated | 10.3 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 43 mg | |
| Calcium | 74 mg | 7% |
| Copper | 0.93 mg | 103% |
| Iron | 2.9 mg | 16% |
| Magnesium | 89.9 mg | 29% |
| Manganese | 1.4 mg | 78% |
| Phosphorus | 241 mg | 34% |
| Potassium | 507 mg | 11% |
| Selenium | 36.1 µg | 66% |
| Sodium | 412 mg | |
| Zinc | 2.7 mg | 34% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.22 mg | 20% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.25 mg | 23% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 5.3 mg | 38% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 2.5 mg | 51% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.45 mg | 35% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 48.3 µg | 12% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.03 µg | 1% |
| Choline | 59.4 mg | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 140 µg | 20% |
| Vitamin C | 6.7 mg | 9% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 15.4 IU | 3% |
| Vitamin E | 0.52 mg | 3% |
| Vitamin K | 6.9 µg | 8% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.2 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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