Receta Summer Farro Soup
Do you have recipes that have been in a pile for-like-ever that you keep meaning to make, but then a bazillion things get piled on top, and you forget all about them? Until you’re finally cleaning your desk, or weeding out your computer files, and eureka! you spy a forgotten recipe you’d tucked away, and you instantly know that’s exactly what you want to make right now and wonder why on earth you hadn’t made it before this?
This soup is one of those recipes.
Until last week.
I didn’t have all the ingredients on hand that it called for, and had zero interest in trekking over to the market even though it’s literally on the other side of the fence of our gated condo complex. But one of the best things about soup is how it accommodates so well to what you do have. For example, as a woman who prefers freshly cooked beans (since I eat a lot of beans), I used some cannellini beans I’d made a few days before instead of the garbanzo beans in Robin’s recipe, although I love garbanzos. I unearthed some asparagus spears in a plastic bag that I threw in instead of zucchini, and a little jalapeño left over from my Jalapeño Cornbread Poppers, just because. But with all the changes, I stayed true to the farro, bean, vegetable holy trinity and don’t think the soup suffered from my tweaks.
So go dig around in your refrigerator and make this soup. I promise you won’t regret it. Don’t wait for a cold night. Don’t wait until you need solace. And don’t wait three and a half years to make it like I did.
* To make this soup vegan, just omit the Parmesan cheese.
Summer Farro Soup
This is a thick soup, really a stew. But feel free to add more stock if that's your preference!
Ingredients...
- 1 c farro grain
- 2 c water
- 1 T olive oil
- 3/4 c diced celery
- 1 c thinly sliced leek
- 1/4 c minced jalapeño
- 1 t minced garlic (1 large clove)
- 1 T chopped fresh thyme
- 1 t kosher salt
- few grinds black pepper
- 2 qts vegetable stock
- 1 1/2 c cannellini beans
- 3 c yellow wax beans sliced into 1" lengths
- 1 c asparagus sliced into 1" lengths
- knob Parmesan cheese (1" piece)
- 1 T sherry
- shredded Parmesan for topping
- good olive oil for drizzle
Directions...
Bring the water to a boil in a small pot over medium-high heat. Add the farro grain, cover, and lightly simmer until al dente - about 30 minutes. You should end up with about 2 cup cooked farro. Set aside.
Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy soup pot over medium-high heat. Sauté the celery, leeks, and jalapeño until softened, about 8 minutes. Add the garlic, thyme, salt and pepper and sauté for an additional minute or two, until very fragrant.
Add stock, farro (with any residual liquid), beans, asparagus, and knob of Parmesan. Simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in the sherry.
Ladle into bowls and top with olive oil, fresh cracked pepper and Parmesan and serve with thick slices of bread with a lather of butter.
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http://thewimpyvegetarian.com/2014/06/summer-farro-soup/
Recipe The Wimpy Vegetarian at http://thewimpyvegetarian.com. I hope you like it!
NUTRITION INFORMATION (PER SERVING)
Calories: 171
Fat: 3 grams (Saturated: .3 grams)
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Potassium: 177 mg
Sodium: 1182 mg
Carbs: 35 grams
Protein: 7 grams
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