Wheat Berry and Farro Salad
- 1 cup wheat berries
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup farro
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons pomegranate molasses
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes
- 3 scallions, thinly sliced
- Handful basil leaves, roughly torn
- 4 ounces aged goat cheese
- Put the wheat berries in a medium saucepan, add 6 cups of water and salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until tender and chewy, about 1 hour, adding more water as needed.
- Drain any water that is left.
- Transfer the wheat berries to a large bowl.
- Put the farro in another medium saucepan and add enough water to cover by an inch and salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until tender, 25 to 40 minutes, adding more water if needed.
- Drain any water that is left.
- Transfer to the bowl with the wheat berries.
- (The grains can be made up to a day in advance and refrigerated.)
- While the grains cook, make the mustard vinaigrette.
- Whisk the vinegar, mustard, pomegranate molasses, salt and pepper to taste in a bowl.
- Whisking constantly, dribble in the 1/4 cup oil until the mixture is smooth and emulsified.
- Taste and season as necessary.
- Heat a large skillet over high heat.
- Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, and when it is almost smoking, add the tomatoes.
- Season with salt and pepper and cook, tossing once or twice, just until the tomatoes have a few dark spots, about 4 minutes.
- Remove from heat, cool and halve.
- Add the tomatoes, scallions and basil to the grains.
- Pour the vinaigrette around the sides of the bowl; toss and fold the salad together.
- Transfer to a platter and grate the goat cheese over top.
berries, kosher salt, farro, red wine vinegar, mustard, pomegranate molasses, olive oil, cherry, scallions, handful basil, goat cheese
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/wheat-berry-and-farro-salad.html (may not work)