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# Barley Pudding · Rampant Scotland

Recipes

# Barley Pudding

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*Traditional Scottish Recipes*
 *- Barley Pudding*

*Barley crops up in a number of Scotish traditional recipes - from barley bannocks to malt whisky. Barley provides a distinctive flavour which comes through in this simple recipe.*

## Ingredients

- 8 ounces (225g or a generous US cupfull) barley

3 ounces (75g or one-third cup) currants

3 ounces (75g or one-third cup) raisins

1¾ pints (1 litre or 4¼ cups) water

Pinch of salt

Caster (superfine) sugar and single (light) cream to serve

## Method

Mix the barley and water in a heavy-based saucepan and bring slowly to the boil. Simmer for one-and-a-half hours, stirring occasionally.

Add the currants, raisins and salt and simmer for another 15 minutes.

Serve sprinkled with caster (superfine) sugar and the cream.

## Source

From Rampant Scotland, restored from the page as it stood on 15 March 2025. [Original page](https://web.archive.org/web/20250315070127/http://www.rampantscotland.com/recipes/blrecipe_barley.htm).

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