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Italian roast vegetable & farro salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Italian roast vegetable & farro salad

14 ingredients 8 openrecipes
Italian roast vegetable & farro salad

Farro is a wheat grain that is eaten in salads, soups and desserts all over Italy. It's not expensive and can be found in good delis. If you can't find it, though, use bulgar wheat, which is just as nutty in texture and cooked in the same way.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

398
Calories
10g
Protein
15g
Fat
60g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Farro 1/2 cup cooked (100g) 170
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Oregano 1 tsp dried (1.8g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Wheat not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 400 g farro or bulgar wheat
  • 3 yellow courgettes, halved lengthways and deseeded (use green if you can't find yellow)
  • 2 green courgettes, halved lengthways and deseeded
  • 2 bulbs fennel, trimmed and thickly sliced, leafy tops reserved to garnish
  • 1 red onion, peeled and cut into chunks
  • 2 red peppers, deseeded and cut into chunks
  • 2 aubergines, cut into chunks
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 splash herb or white wine vinegar
  • 1 good bunch fresh herbs, such as flat-leaf parsley, basil, mint and oregano
  • 1 squeeze lemon juice
  • sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper

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By jamieoliver · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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