This NY Times article gives a good background to it. Most of Italy’s farro is grown in Garfagnana, where we are now! But I’d hardly call this a ‘relatively poor’ region… Just walking down to our village you pass through amazing villas and plantations of olive trees and vineyards. This area is very rich in agriculture.
I was thinking I wanted to make zuppa, but it turned into more of a stew… I boiled the farro in water with a little salt and chicken broth, and then sauteed in olive oil fresh rosemary and sage; a bit of very purple onion; red and yellow peppers, zucchini, and garlic. Added in some Beltaine from last night… and the leftover sausage and tomatoes from a few days ago. Added the vegetables into the grain and let it cook while I listened to my monday conference call. Stuffed the zucchini flowers with pecorino, prosciutto, garlic and a few of my sun-dried tomatoes.
Bella refused to try it though. But she really loved last night’s pesto!
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