Receta Farro Caprese Salad
Farro Caprese Salad
I think you all know by now that I love to grill. If the weather cooperates, I’m firing up the grill several times a week and the menu regularly includes salmon, steak, pork chops, or chicken. I’m always on the hunt for the perfect side dish for whatever is coming off the grill and this dish might just be that perfect side.
Farro (pronounced FAHR-oh) is an ancient whole grain that is an excellent source of complex carbohydrates. Additionally, farro has twice the fiber and protein of modern wheat. Popular in Italy since the Roman times, this wonderful grain has found it’s way to this side of the Atlantic and I regularly find it on the menu at some of our favorite restaurants. Farro is a wheat type grain and there is some discrepancy about exactly what farro is. In Italy, three different grains are called farro: einkorn, emmer, and spelt, and they are called farro piccolo and farro medio, and farro grande, respectively.
This salad makes a light, refreshing, and healthful side to almost any meal. If you haven’t tried farro, by all means, do so.
Farro Caprese Salad
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups farro
- 8 oz fresh mozzarella
- 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes
- 8-10 large basil leaves
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp agave nectar (or honey)
- 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Instructions
1. Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil in a a medium large pot. Add 2 teaspoons of salt and add farro. Simmer for 20 minutes. Drain, rinse with cold water, and set aside in a large bowl.
2. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a medium skillet over medium low heat. Add whole tomatoes and cook for 3 to 4 minutes until the skin is just beginning to soften, stirring regularly. Remove and cool completely.
4. Tear mozzarella into small bite-sized pieces and add to farro.
5. Tear basil leaves into small pieces and add to farro.
6. Add cooled tomatoes to farro and mix gently.
7. Whisk vinegar, agave nectar, salt, pepper, and 4 tbsp olive oil.
8. Pour over farro mixture and mix well.
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