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farro with roasted butternut squash and toasted walnuts

November 13th, 2007 · 10 Comments

a friend�dropped in tonight, detouring just slightly off�the path of an israeli couscous buying excursion.� i had offered to cook for her and i was fortunate that she was agreeable because these days i seem to feel an undefined�obligation to ‘nablopomo‘ my life away, relentlessly chained to both the kitchen and the computer simultaneously (a.k.a. my usual life), and�with the need to cook.�

my�friend is a vegetarian which is a pretty comfortable genre for me.� my life consists quite happily of numerous meatless days.��at the beginning of�this year i was a raw vegan for a solid 4 months – just because.� and now i’m not.� but i could be again.� you just never know with me.

i believe one of the�most impressive�food bloggers that exists hands down is�heidi from ‘101 cookbooks‘.� her recipes are always impeccable, her photography is true art and her voice is kind and real.� and she’s a vegetarian. �so today i wandered around her site until i spotted our dinner.� i had everything i needed except a slice of montrachet,�fresh�thyme and a red onion.� perfect.

i�am the proud owner of a�5.5 lb. bag of semi-pearled farro from market hall.� i’d seen that it was on “sale”, if only minorly -�and i decided to stock up.� i’m growing quite fond of this nutty, chewy little spelt like grain.� i also just happened to have on my counter one of my infamous�csa butternut squashes just begging to get used.� i’m thinking csa veggies somehow have a greater guilt attached to them.� these vegetables�know they were a challenge to begin with and to remain unused is to, quite frankly, reduce you to a�failure as a cook.� all that to say, my kitchen has been a tough room these past few months.

i read heidi’s post�carefully, in the end�making only a few small adaptions.� i upped the fresh thyme, scaled down both oils and added a few grinds of black pepper.�and i never minced some of the onions after they roasted – but that was only because i forgot.� once i had my mise en place i never referred back to the recipe or measured a thing.

i began by deeply toasting the walnuts in a 350 degree oven until they were fragrant and well browned.� when cooled�they were�roughly chopped and set�aside.� then i put the oven up to 375 and began to prepare the vegetables for roasting.� the squash was cut into 1/2 inch cubes, the red onion sectioned into eighths and it all went on a baking sheet with maldon salt, balsamic vinegar and olive oil.� i ended up using my ‘whole foods ‘365’ spanish olive oil’ rather than the yellingbo�pictured since i was just roasting and�the subtleties of a�great olive oil would be lost in the heat of the moment.

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the vegetables�needed about 20 minutes, tossing twice to make sure�they were�getting browned on all sides, and out they came.

my semi- pearled farro was soaked in water for 20 minutes, then drained and boiled in fresh water for about 20 more and drained again.� the farro and the vegetables were then added to a mixing bowl along with some salt, pepper, the chopped walnuts and some walnut oil.

the farro and roasted vegetables then got plated with a sprinkling of fresh thyme and some good montrachet.� the beauty of this dish for me, was that in all it’s rustic versatility, it was a flawless blend of ingredients.

a testament to mother nature and her infallible sense of style…

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