Charlie Bird Farro Salad
- ⏱ 1 hour
- Medium
- Serves 6
- 👥 2-cook recipe
A farro salad dressed with lemon and olive oil, then folded with cheese, pistachios, greens, herbs, tomatoes, and radish.
Adapted from Pinch and Swirl.
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Charlie Bird Farro ...
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COOK 1COOK 2
1Cook the farro
2Chop the pistachios
Juice the lemon
Chop the pistachio nuts
Halve the cherry tomatoes
3Plate and serve
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Charlie Bird Farro ...
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COOK 2COOK 1
1Cook the farro
In a medium saucepan, bring the whole farro, apple...
Reduce the heat and let simmer 30-35 minutes, or...
2Chop the pistachios
3Plate and serve
+ 9 more steps in the app
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole farro
- 1 cup apple cider
- 2 cup cold water
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 lemon (juiced)
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 1/2 oz parmesan cheese (coarsely grated or shaved with a vegetable peeler)
- 2 1/2 oz pistachio nuts (chopped)
- 3 oz baby arugula leaves
- 1 oz flat leaf parsley
- 1 oz mint leaves (torn)
- 3/4 cup cherry tomatoes (or grape tomatoes, halved)
- 1/3 cup radish (thinly sliced)
- flaky sea salt, to taste
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1. Cook the farro
- COOK 1 In a medium saucepan, bring the whole farro, apple cider, cold water, kosher salt, and bay leaves to a boil
- COOK 1 Reduce the heat and let simmer 30-35 minutes, or until the farro is tender and the liquid evaporates
2. Chop the pistachios
- COOK 2 Juice the lemon
- COOK 2 Chop the pistachio nuts
- COOK 2 Halve the cherry tomatoes
3. Grate the cheese
- COOK 1 Coarsely grate or shave the parmesan cheese with a vegetable peeler
- COOK 1 Tear the mint leaves
- COOK 1 Thinly slice the radish
4. Whisk the dressing
- COOK 2 In a large salad bowl, whisk together the lemon juice and extra-virgin olive oil
🤝 Cook 1 hands the whisk to Cook 2.
5. Cool the farro
- COOK 2 Set the farro aside to cool
🤝 Cook 1 hands over the farro.
6. Fluff the farro
- COOK 2 Discard the bay leaves and fluff the whole farro with a fork
7. Fold in toppings
- COOK 1 In the large salad bowl, add the whole farro and gently toss to coat
- COOK 1 In the large salad bowl, gently fold in the parmesan cheese, pistachio nuts, baby arugula leaves, flat leaf parsley, mint leaves, cherry tomatoes, and radish
- COOK 1 Season to taste with flaky sea salt
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the farro.
8. Plate and serve
- BOTH Serve
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