Farro Perlato Cereal recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup farro perlato
1 pinch salt
1 cup 2% milk
2 teaspoons white sugar
½ vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped

Nutrition Info

194.4 calories
carbohydrate: 40.6 g
cholesterol: 4.9 mg
fat: 2.5 g
fiber: : -
protein: 7.1 g
saturatedFat: 0.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 26.3 mg
sugar: 6.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place farro in a bowl and cover with several inches of cool water, let stand in refrigerator for 8 hours to overnight. Drain.

  2. Place farro in a saucepan and cover with water, stir in a pinch of salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain.

  3. Mix milk, sugar, vanilla bean with seeds, and a pinch of salt together in a saucepan. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until sugar is dissolved and milk is warm, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove vanilla bean and add farro to milk mixture. Cook and stir until heated through, about 5 minutes.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

Farro perlato is the Italian word for emmer wheat. It is a wheat grain, actually a kernel that resembles barley from Popola di Foligno in the heart of Umbria. I have been looking for ways to incorporate this grain that has lots of fiber and protein into our meals. Enjoy this creation!

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