Coco-banana's Barley Bake With Sweet Potato Mash

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup pearl barley
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 (400 g) can tomatoes
• 150 g mushrooms, sliced
• 20 g fresh rosemary, finely chopped
• 20 g fresh dill, finely chopped
• 20 g fresh basil, finely chopped
• 800 g sweet potatoes, cut into chunks
• sea salt

Recipe

• 1 boil the barley until it is soft.
• 2 meanwhile, begin steaming the sweet potato.
• 3 saute the onion and garlic in the olive oil until it has browned.
• 4 once the barley is soft, add the onion mixture, the mushrooms, the tomatoes and the herbs.
• 5 transfer it to an oven-proof dish.
• 6 mash, or puree the sweet potato with the sea salt until it is smooth, thick and creamy.
• 7 top the barley mixture with the mashed sweet potato.
• 8 bake in an oven, at 150 degrees celcius for an hour.