Kale with Farro

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A take on traditional risotto, by replacing the arborio rice with hearty farro and seasoning with kale, shallots, and Parmesan cheese.

How ironic that we are making our 13th dinner for this series on Friday, the 13th!  Glad it was not BAD!  Tonight’s dinner included the Superfood of the week for the RSBC challenge – Kale.  I first ate Kale when I was back in Boston meeting Lenny’s family.  We had a Kale soup that was so delicious.  Since I have been using the ingredient very often.  Kale is considered to be a highly nutritious vegetable with powerful antioxidant properties and is anti-inflammatory.   It is high in beta-carotene, vitamin K, vitamin C, lutein, zeaxanthin and rich in calcium.

I found a recipe in the February issue of Bon Appetit for Melted Kale with Farro.  The recipe is a risotto take on Kale.  I did not follow the recipe exactly as the recipe wanted me to puree the Kale.  I was not too keen on having baby food mixed with Farro.  I kept it rough!  This dish is easy as well as very flavorful – we really enjoyed it.

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Kale with Farro

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of farro – semi-pearled

1 1/2 pounds of  Kale leaves, center ribs and stems removed

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 tablespoons finely chopped shallots

3 cups water

1 cup cooking water

1/4 cup parmesan cheese grated

How To:

Bring a large saucepan of salted water to boil.  Cook the farro until tender but still firm to the bite, about 13 minutes.  Drain farro and cool.  Reserve about 1 cup of the cooking water.

Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat;  add the shallots and saute until soft, about 3 minutes.  Add the Kale.  Increase heat to high and saute for 2 minutes.

Add the water, broth, and farro and bring to a boil.  Reduce the heat and simmer until kale is tender and almost all the broth is absorbed, stirring often.  This will take about 15 minutes.

Remove from heat.

Stir in cheese.

Season with salt and pepper.

Serve.

Eat.

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