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Varoma Farro (Spelt) and Chicken Salad
« on: September 10, 2008, 07:09:23 am »
Name of Recipe: Varoma Farro (Spelt) and Chicken Salad

Number of People: 4- 6

Ingredients:

300g chicken breasts
40g  extra virgin olive oil
salt, pepper as needed
1000g water
250g fàrro
40g peeled almonds
a bunch of rocket, cut into pieces
20g pine nuts
1 lemon

Preparation:

Brush the chicken breasts with 10g of oil and season with salt and pepper. Arrange them in the tray of the Varoma.

Pour water into the TM bowl, add a pinch of salt and fàrro, position your Varoma and cook for 25minutes at Varoma temperature on Reverse + speed 1.

Drain the fàrro with the help of the TM basket and pour into a bowl.

Place the chicken on a chopping board and cut into strips. Combine them with the fàrro

Clean and dry the TM bowl and place in it the almonds.  Chop for 5 seconds on speed 7 then heat for 1 minute at 100°C on speed 1.

Add the chopped almonds, rocket and pine nuts to the bowl with fàrro and chicken.  Season the salad with oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Serve warm.

Photos:

Not yet.

Tips/Hints:

Farro is ancient grain that is certainly availbale from Italian delicatessans and store in Melbourne.  You could substitue pearl barley but soak it overnight before using.

Origin:

Interpretted/adapted from Italian & Spanish websites from A Tutto Vapore & A Todo Vapor - their equivalents of "Full Steam Ahead"
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