Fabulous Farotto With Kale And Goat Cheese
- 4 cups vegetable broth (3 vegetable cubes)
- 0.5 cups butter, divided in 2
- 4 bunches olive oil
- 1 onion
- 1 garlic clove
- few sprigs of thyme, only the leaves
- 1 large leak, only the light parts
- 3 very large hands of chopped kale
- 2 cups pearled spelt
- 1 cup white wine
- 0.5 cups parmasan cheese
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Chili olive oil (best made self)
- Bring 4 cups of water to boil, add the vegetable cubes and lower the heat. Leave it on there the whole time.
- Heat half of the butter and 2 tbsp of olive oil in a large skillet at medium heat.
- Cut the onion
- Crush the garlic
- And add it to the skillet.
- Add the thyme, and stir fry for about 10 min. or until the onion turns soft.
- In the meantime, slice the leak in firm rings. Wash and drain.
- Remove the thick stems and veins of the kale, and cut them in small pieces.
- Steam the kale until it gets soft, but still has a bite.
- Than, add the pearl-spelt to the onion-mix and stir along for another 2 minutes.
- Pour in the wine and let it absorb totally.
- Now start adding the broth, first time, make sure your spelt is totally covered.
- Keep stirring and adding broth when it's drying up again.
- In the meantime, heat the other half of the butter and olive oil (2 tbsp) on medium heat, and start frying the leaks.
- Stir now and then, until they turn light brown but still have a bite
- After about 25 minutes you should be able to take the farotto off the heat, add the leaks and steams kale, and whisk it all together well.
- Bring to taste with the Parmesan cheese, salt and freshly ground pepper
- And divide over your plates.
- Add the slices of goat cheese on top and royally sprinkle the chili oil over the dish.
vegetable broth, butter, olive oil, onion, garlic, thyme, kale, pearled spelt, white wine, parmasan cheese, salt, chili olive oil
Taken from food52.com/recipes/24743-fabulous-farotto-with-kale-and-goat-cheese (may not work)