{"product_id":"naked-barley-banana-crumble-squares","title":"Naked Barley \u0026 Banana Crumble Squares","description":"\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"color: #000000; border: 0px;\" bgcolor=\"#d6fbed\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSix squares of naked barley crumble filled with Peruvian bananas. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHand baked in the Hodmedod Bakehouse, these gorgeous squares are something like a date \u0026amp; oat slice but so much more. Malty, caramelly naked barley biscuit layers encase a treacly, slightly chewy banana centre for a divinely moreish slice.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBe a true naked barley fan \u0026amp; read the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/naked-barley-2-0-a-zine\" title=\"Naked Barley 2.0: a zine\"\u003eNaked Barley 2.0 zine\u003c\/a\u003e - we'll send a free copy with the first 50 boxes of these crumble squares.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade by baker Henrietta Inman in the Hodmedod Bakehouse, these crumbly naked barley and fruit slices are full of diverse plant fibre for superb flavour, texture and slow-release energy. The bananas and vanilla create a beautifully balanced fruity and caramelly centre between two crumbly barley biscuit layers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong before we ate modern wheat, naked barley sustained us. Well suited to our climate, this nutritious cereal was grown by Bronze Age farmers. Unlike most barley, where the inedible husk is tightly stuck to the grain, the husks fall off the naked barley when it's harvested and threshed, leaving the whole grain intact and ready to cook or mill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur naked barley and fruit crumble squares change with the seasons and availability of good fruit. For our latest batch we're using very special and extra tasty, directly traded, organic dehydrated Peruvian bananas. The biscuit layers embody the \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/what-is-naked-barley-benefits-health-nutrition-sustainable\" title=\"What is naked barley? Why should we grow and eat more?\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ejoy of naked barley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e - an historic grain full of flavour and nutrition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe soak and blend the bananas into a puree to combine with organic butter, panela sugar, barley malt extract, Ndali vanilla seeds and a hint of sea salt and cider and perry vinegar to give a moreish caramel base. Malty, milky and gorgeously textured naked barley flakes are mixed into the caramel to make the biscuit base and crumbly topping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBite into the biscuit layers to find a moreish, treacly and slightly chewy centre. We have a limited supply of dried bananas so try these while you can!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodmedod Bakehouse","offers":[{"title":"350g","offer_id":59310911947126,"sku":"-NABC\/350G","price":19.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/9925\/files\/Barley_FruitCrumbleSquaresBanana_VanillaSIX3x2.jpg?v=1794350752","url":"https:\/\/hodmedods.co.uk\/products\/naked-barley-banana-crumble-squares","provider":"Hodmedod's Wholefoods","version":"1.0","type":"link"}