Farro is a quick-cooking grain with a mild flavor, perfect for a summer salad. Add juicy cherries, crunchy celery, and a mustardy dressing for the perfect accompaniment to grilled meat, poultry, or fish. If you can't find farro, you can substitute wheat berries, barley, or quinoa.
delicious and easy to make.
This is really good...I followed the recipe exactly (except for halving the amount) and found it flavorful with a satisfying combination of textures. It might benefit from some goat cheese crumbles but stands well enough alone; and I agree that this could easily be made a main dish with the addition of a legume - e.g., chickpeas, edamame or fava beans. This time I served it as a side to grilled chicken (with asparagus) but might try it as a main next time.
Made a few modifications to suit my families' tastes. Subbed 1/3 C toasted pine nuts for the walnuts. For the dressing did 1/4 C honey balsamic vinegar and 3T EVOO then salt and pepper to taste. The salad was light and bright - great for dinner and will make an excellent lunch as well.
Great salad. Loved the 'chewiness' of the farro. Would be good with dried cranberries when cherries are out of season.
My husband loved this dish and he is a picky eater. I substituted the walnuts for a handful of enjoy life seeds due to a nut allergy in the family. It was delicious!
What a terrific summer salad! I made this for tonight's dinner, with several substitutions. Barley instead of farro, juice from 1 fresh squeezed orange in place of the lemon juice, a little more mustard and not quite as much olive oil. Absolutely loved it and will definitely make this again-- it is perfect picnic food, or a dish to bring to a potluck.
I made this for a BBQ today. It was okay, but I expected it to be more flavorful. I followed the recipe as is, with farro. If I tried it again, I would try wheat berries, per the other review. It was a filling side, but the flavours just didn't come together that well.
Delicious! I used wheat berries and added a little crumbled feta to finish it off. It would be great with garbanzo beans added for a bit more fiber and protein. Very quick and easy, one to keep in the summer salad rotation, for sure!
