Asparagus with pearl barley and bacon

Name: Asparagus with pearl barley and bacon
Ingredients: 300ml/10fl oz chicken stock; Woody ends of asparagus (see below); 100ml/3½fl oz single cream; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 30g/1oz butter; 1 shallot, finely chopped; 225g/8oz pearl barley; 50ml/2fl oz white wine; 800ml/1 pint 8fl oz chicken stock; 2 bunches english asparagus, woody ends snapped off and reserved; 60g/2¼oz bacon lardons; 85g/3oz cooked and shelled broad beans; 3 tomatoes, skinned and seeds removed, cut into 1cm/½in cubes