Farro Salad with Sweet Potatoes & Mushrooms
topped with a fried egg
Add a fried egg to any meal and it immediately becomes gourmet and sexy. This farro salad has lots of bite and flavor from sweet potatoes and mushrooms. Topped with a runny egg, you have creamy goodness coating all your healthy goodness. If you've never cooked farro before, we're excited to introduce you to this chewy whole grain. Buy the semi-pearled variety and it'll cook in <30 minutes
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Farro Salad with Sweet Potatoes, Mushrooms, and Spinach:
- Farro, semi-pearled / husked and uncooked - 1 cup (make sure you get the semi-pearled / pearled variety or it will take 1 hour to cook. If you can't find farro, sub quinoa)
- Shallots - 1 Tbsp , minced
- Sweet potatoes - 1 lb , diced
- Mushrooms, brown - 1/2 lb , sliced
- Baby spinach leaves - 1/4 lb , washed & dried
- Cheese, parmesan - 2 oz , grated
- Mustard, Dijon - 2 tsp
- Vinegar, balsamic - 3 Tbsp
- Sweetener - 1 tsp (like brown sugar or honey)
- Oil, olive - 1/4 cup
- Oil, cooking - 1 Tbsp
- Butter - 2 Tbsp
- Eggs - 4
Prep
- Farro - If making tomorrow night's dinner, double the portions. Farro cooks like pasta. Bring 2 quarts (1.9 liters) of water to boil, salt, and then add dried farro. It'll take about 25 minutes to cook. Drain
- Shallots / Sweet potatoes / Mushrooms / Spinach / Parmesan cheese - Prep as directed
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Make
- Whisk shallots, mustard, vinegar, sweetener and olive oil together to make a vinaigrette. Season to taste with salt and pepper
- Heat a saute pan over medium-high heat. Add cooking oil and then sweet potatoes to heated oil with a sprinkle of salt. Add 2 tbs. (30 ml) of water to the pan, cover with a lid, and lower heat to a simmer. Cook for 5 to 8 minutes, until sweet potatoes are almost cooked through (softened but still a bit crunchy)
- Add in mushrooms with some more salt and saute until cooked, ~ 3 to 5 minutes
- Toss all ingredients except butter and eggs together with vinaigrette. Warm ingredients will wilt spinach and melt cheese. Season to taste with salt and pepper and divide up into servings
- Heat a skillet or griddle over medium-heat. Add butter and then fry eggs in melted butter (cook in batches if not enough room). Sprinkle with salt and cook until egg whites are set. Cover skillet with a lid or create a cover with foil (for a griddle) to help egg whites set faster. Top each salad with your fried egg. Break into it and watch the goodness ooze!
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