DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Bündner Barley Soup
Also known as: Bündner Gerstensuppe
A creamy Graubünden barley soup with vegetables, Speck, ham, cream and parsley.
About Bündner Barley Soup
Bündner Gerstensuppe is a classic Swiss barley soup associated with the Engadin in Graubünden. This profile follows Swissmilk's complete recipe, selecting the offered Speck branch alongside the recipe's separate ham cubes, vegetables and barley.
Speck and ham give the soup a savoury, lightly smoky depth, while onion, garlic, leek, celeriac, carrot, Savoy cabbage and bay leaf build its aromatic base. Vegetable bouillon supplies the main seasoning, with cream softening the salt and pepper and parsley adding a fresh finish.
The finished soup is thick and creamy, with tender barley and small pieces of vegetables and cured meat throughout. Its pale, hearty broth is dotted with orange carrot, green leek, cabbage and parsley.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Celery, Barley (gluten), Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bündner Barley Soup
Swissmilk Bündner Gerstensuppe with barley, vegetables, Speck, ham and cream.
- OnionAromatic base
- GarlicAromatic base
- ButterCooking fat
- SpeckCured meat base
- Ham cubesCured meat base
- LeekVegetable base
- CeleriacVegetable base
- CarrotVegetable base
- PotatoesSoup body
- Savoy cabbageVegetable base
- Bay leavesAromatic seasoning
- BarleyGrain base
- Wheat flourSoup thickener
- Vegetable bouillonSoup liquid
- CreamCreamy finish
- SaltSeasoning
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Flat-leaf parsleyFresh herb finish
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Onion:
- Garlic:
- Butter: . Ordinary dairy butter confirms Milk.
- Speck: . The recipe offers Speck, Bündnerfleisch or raw-ham trimmings; this profile selects the first Speck branch and maps it to the approved broader bacon link. Its exact cure and product formula are unresolved.
- Ham cubes: . Mapped to the approved broader ham link; exact cure and product formula are unresolved.
- Leek:
- Celeriac: . German Sellerie in the small-diced root-vegetable context is mapped to celeriac. Celery remains positive.
- Carrot: . Swiss German Rüebli is carrot.
- Potatoes:
- Savoy cabbage: . Swiss German Wirz is Savoy cabbage.
- Bay leaves:
- Barley: . The source names barley without specifying a grade or pearling level.
- Wheat flour: . Ordinary unqualified Swiss flour in this savoury recipe is mapped to wheat flour; exact grade is unspecified.
- Vegetable bouillon: . Mapped to the approved vegetable-stock link. The bouillon's complete formula and any additional allergens are unresolved; the explicit celeriac separately keeps Celery positive.
- Cream: . Swiss Rahm is dairy cream, so Milk is confirmed.
- Salt:
- Black pepper: . Mapped to the approved black-pepper link; the source says pepper without specifying colour.
- Flat-leaf parsley: . Swiss German Peterli is parsley; the source explicitly specifies flat-leaf.
Origins & food traditions
Swissmilk calls Bündner Gerstensuppe a classic Swiss soup recipe and associates it with the Engadin. The selected recipe preserves its own offered Speck branch rather than combining Speck, Bündnerfleisch and raw-ham trimmings, while retaining the separately required ham cubes.
Countries
- Switzerland
- SwitzerlandCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Swiss Cuisine
- Swiss CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.