Farro Dried Fruit Garbanzo Salad

Name: Farro Dried Fruit Garbanzo Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 10 Servings
Ingredients: For Salad; 3 cups farro, cooked in salted water, yielding 6 cup; 1/2 cup dried cranberries; 1/2 cup dried apricot -- diced 1/4; 1/2 cup Golden raisins; 1/2 cup pinenuts -- toasted; 1 1/2 cups garbanzo beans, cooked; 1 cup cinnamon citrus vinaigrette (see below); 1/2 cup fresh mint, choppedFor Cinnamon Citrus Vinaigrette; 1/4 cup lemon juice; 2 fluid ounces orange juice; 3/8 Tbsp cinnamon; 3/4 Tbsp orange zest, blanched; 3/8 Tbsp Lemon zest; 5/8 fluid ounce honey; 8 3/8 fluid ounces olive oil

Author:: Jamie Geller Test Kitchens
Publish date:: Aug 20, 2010

Delicious way to prepare farro, with refreshing mint, dried fruit and more!

25minDuration
15minCook Time
10minPrep Time
10 ServingsServings

Ingredients

For Salad
3 cups farro, cooked in salted water, yielding 6 cup
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup dried apricot -- diced 1/4
1/2 cup Golden raisins
1/2 cup pinenuts -- toasted
1 1/2 cups garbanzo beans, cooked
1 cup cinnamon citrus vinaigrette (see below)
1/2 cup fresh mint, choppedFor Cinnamon Citrus Vinaigrette
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 fluid ounces orange juice
3/8 Tbsp cinnamon
3/4 Tbsp orange zest, blanched
3/8 Tbsp Lemon zest
5/8 fluid ounce honey
8 3/8 fluid ounces olive oil

Preparation

1 Cook farro in boiling salted water until tender to the bite.
2 Drain, toss with dried fruits while still hot. Cool.
3 When cool, toss with vinaigrette, garbanzo beans, mint & pinenuts.

Source: Recipe courtesy of Chef Paul Lynch and www.wholegrainscouncil.org