Farro is unhybridized wheat. Farro is hearty, nutty and packed with vitimins, minerals and protiens. Cooked like risotto it is call Farrotto. When cooked farro has a firm chewy texture. Farro would probably still be an extremely local specialty had the farmers not begun to supply it to elegant restaurants that used it in hearty vegetable soups and other dishes. Now farro is used by health food enthusiast as well as many chefs in sophisticated restaurants. |
