Farro, Sausage, and Spinach Dinner Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Cinco de Mayo Recipes. (Farro, Sausage, and Spinach Dinner Recipe). 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?

Brief

Prep 10 mins

Cook: 55 mins

Total: 1hr5 mins

Servings: 4

Yield: 4 servings

Farro, Sausage, and Spinach Dinner Recipe

Ingredients

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

Pesto Chicken Penne Casserole

Main Dish

Directions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook farro in the boiling water until tender 20 to 30 minutes. Drain.

Step 2

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.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

Remove pan from heat. Add spinach parsley and cherry sauce; stir until spinach is slightly wilted. Stir in goat cheese until melted; toss well.

Nutritional Information

Farro, Sausage, and Spinach Dinner Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:4

Calories: 365.1

% Daily Value *

Protein: 21g 42%

Carbohydrates: 30.4g 10%

Dietary Fiber: 2.3g 9%

Sugars: 8.4g

Fat: 16.5g 25%

Saturated Fat: 5.8g 29%

Cholesterol: 64.2mg 21%

Vitamin A Iu: 3959.7IU 79%

Niacin Equivalents: 3.9mg 30%

Vitamin B6: 0.2mg 11%

Vitamin C: 16.7mg 28%

Folate: 86.6mcg 22%

Calcium: 96.9mg 10%

Iron: 2.9mg 16%

Magnesium: 77.6mg 28%

Potassium: 636.1mg 18%

Sodium: 865.3mg 35%

Thiamin: 0.1mg 11%

Calories From Fat: 148.6

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.