Wheat Berry Salad with Bacon

Name: Wheat Berry Salad with Bacon
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 slices bacon; 118 milliliters dried cherries; 118 milliliters fresh flat-leaf parsley; 4 servings Kosher salt and pepper; 2 Tbsps fresh lemon juice; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 57 grams 1/2 cup pecan halves (about; 2 shallots, thinly sliced; 237 milliliters wheat berries

Wheat Berry Salad with Bacon might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 526 calories, 14g of protein, and 31g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. If you have bacon, cherries, flat-leaf parsley, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the pecan you could follow this main course with the Piccadilly’s Cafeteria Pecan Delight – this is a light pecan pie as a dessert.

Instructions

In a large saucepan, combine the wheat berries, 4 quarts water, and 1 teaspoon salt and bring to a boil. Cook until tender but still slightly chewy, about 1 hour.

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Salt

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Drain and rinse under cold water.

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Water

Transfer to a large bowl. Meanwhile, heat oven to 350 F.

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Spread the pecans on a rimmed baking sheet and bake, tossing occasionally, until fragrant and toasted, 6 to 8 minutes. Roughly chop the nuts. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, over medium heat, cook the bacon until crisp, 7 to 8 minutes.

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Transfer to a paper towellined plate. When cool, crumble and add to the wheat berries, along with the pecans, cherries, parsley, shallots, oil, lemon juice, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Stir gently to combine.

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