FARRO, SAUSAGE, AND SPINACH DINNER

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Farro, a cleaner nuttier taste from barley, pairs so well with jalapeno chicken sausage, black cherries, mushrooms, spinach, and goat cheese. Serve with toasted baguette. Wow! Who would have thunk it?

Provided by Natalie Ercolini

Categories     Casseroles

Time 1h5m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 11

½ cup farro
1 cup pitted and sliced black cherries
¼ cup red wine
1 pinch salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 jalapeno chicken sausages, chopped
1 (8 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms
¼ cup dry white wine
5 cups baby spinach leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 ounces goat cheese, crumbled

Steps:

  • Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook farro in the boiling water until tender, 20 to 30 minutes. Drain.
  • Cook and stir cherries in a small saucepan over medium-low heat until liquid is released, 5 to 7 minutes. Add red wine and 1 pinch salt; simmer until cherries soften and sauce is slightly reduced, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat.
  • Heat olive oil in a frying pan; cook and stir sausage until browned, 5 to 10 minutes. Add mushrooms and a pinch salt. Cook and stir until liquid is released from mushrooms, about 5 minutes. Stir farro and white wine into mushroom mixture; cook until wine has evaporated, about 5 minutes.
  • Remove pan from heat. Add spinach, parsley, and cherry sauce; stir until spinach is slightly wilted. Stir in goat cheese until melted; toss well.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 365.1 calories, Carbohydrate 30.4 g, Cholesterol 64.2 mg, Fat 16.5 g, Fiber 2.3 g, Protein 21 g, SaturatedFat 5.8 g, Sodium 865.3 mg, Sugar 8.4 g

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