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Italian · Salad

Fava, Farro, Pecorino, and Salami Salad

Chewy farro with peeled fresh fava beans, diced salami and young pecorino, sharpened with red wine vinegar and chile and lifted by parsley, mint and crisp scallions.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on45 min
  • Total57 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 1.1 kgfava beans in their pods, about 2 1/2 lb; shelled, blanched and peeled
  • 2 cupscooked farro, cooked and cooled
  • 115 gsalami, cut into 6 mm slices, then into 6 mm dice
  • 115 gpecorino fresco, cut into 6 mm slices, then into 6 mm dice
  • ½ bunchscallions, trimmed (including 1 cm off the green tops), thinly sliced on an angle, soaked in ice water for 20 minutes, drained well
  • 60 mlred wine vinegar, 1/4 cup, plus more to taste
  • ¼ tspdried chile flakes
  • 1 tspkosher salt, plus more to taste
  • to tastefreshly ground black pepper
  • ½ cupflat-leaf parsley leaves, loosely packed
  • ¼ cupmint leaves, loosely packed
  • 30 mlextra-virgin olive oil, a generous glug

Diet

  • Mediterranean

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Sulfites
  • Goat, sheep, buffalo or camel milk
  • Legumes (any)
  • Fava (broad) beans
  • Wheat
  • Corn (maize)
  • Olive
  • Grapes
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Garlic
  • Scallion (green onion)
  • Parsley
  • Mint
  • Black and white pepper
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Pork
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Tyramine
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Bitter
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Texture

  • Chewy

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Spring

Occasion

  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 30–60 min total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Needs advance prep

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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