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Cookery corner - Pearl barley, butternut squash and mushroom risotto

Replacing rice with pearl barley gives the risotto, served with roasted cauliflower, a lovely texture in this delicious autumnal recipe from Dani, one of our lovely Snapdragons chefs.

Squash, mushrooms and sage are all in season and they work so well together you’d almost think they were married, and the roasted turmeric cauliflower adds a burst of autumn sunshine to cheer up the shortening days.

Ingredients

Serves 10 children

? 20g butter ? 1 large onion ? 2 cloves of garlic ? 2 bay leaves ? 1 small butternut squash ? 200g chestnut mushrooms ? 200g pearl barley ? 1 low-salt vegetable stock cube ? Handful of fresh sage leaves ? Half a large cauliflower ? 2tsp turmeric ? 2tsp ground cumin ? 2tbsp mascarpone (optional) ? Rapeseed oil

Method r2

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