SPHERE OF BARLEY
Barbara Benvenuti
Menù Ingredients
q.s. For the decoration: chives, radish sprouts, basil, artichoke leaves
300 g Fresh cream
420 g Cream cheese
q.s. Mixed seeds (sunflower-sesame-flax-poppy)
Serve 6
Cook the barley in a pot of boiling salted water for about 10/15 minutes. Meanwhile, in a pan, dissolve the saffron powder with the fresh cream and set aside. Drain the barley and let it to cool down. In a bowl mix the cream cheese with the shrimp previously rehydrated in water, and some chopped chives. Form a sphere that will be covered with the barley and seeds. On a plate place the sphere obtained on top of the saffron sauce, a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and garnish with chives, a sprig of basil, radish sprouts and a few artichoke leaves.
Chef's tips:
For a "vegetarian" dish, replace the shrimp with pitted nostraline olives.
