Dinner Tonight: Apple, Almond, and Smoked Mozzarella Farro Salad

Name: Dinner Tonight: Apple, Almond, and Smoked Mozzarella Farro Salad
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 apples; 3 Tbsps balsamic vinegar; 118 milliliters blanched almonds, chopped; 237 milliliters craisins; 237 milliliters farro; 59 milliliters fresh parsley leaves; 10 garlic cloves, unpeeled; 1 Tbsp honey; 1 Juice of lemon; 170 grams smoked mozzarella, cut into ½-inch cubes; 1 teaspoon salt; 4 servings Salt and pepper; 4 servings Splash of white wine

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Dinner Tonight: Apple, Almond, and Smoked Mozzarell Head to the store and pick up craisins, salt and pepper, farro, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the balsamic vinegar you could follow this main course with the Skinny Strawberry Ice Cream as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour.

Instructions

For the wine-roasted garlic: Preheat oven to 350°.

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Roasted Garlic

Wine

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Oven

Place garlic cloves in the center of a 1-foot by 1-foot sheet of aluminum foil. Top with the honey and wine. Fold the aluminum foil up into a pouch.

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Whole Garlic Cloves

Honey

Wine

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Aluminum Foil

Place pouch on a baking sheet, and then transfer to the oven. Cook until garlic is soft, about 45 minutes. Set aside, turn off oven, and let cool. Then squeeze the garlic out of their skins and set aside.

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Garlic

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Baking Sheet

Oven

For the farro salad: While the garlic is cooking, combine farro, salt, and six cups of water in a medium-sized saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook, uncovered, until tender, about 25 minutes. When done, drain the farro in a colander, and then dry for 10 minutes on a paper-towel-lined tray.

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Garlic

Farro