farro, sausage, and spinach dinner

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup farro
• 1 cup pitted and sliced black cherries
• 1/4 cup red
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 jalapeno chicken sausages, chopped
• 1 (8 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms
• 1/4 cup dry white
• 5 cups baby spinach leaves
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 2 ounces goat cheese, crumbled

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 55 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 5 mins


• bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. cook farro in the boiling water until tender, 20 to 30 minutes. drain.
• cook and stir cherries in a small saucepan over medium-low heat until liquid is released, 5 to 7 minutes. add red and 1 pinch salt; simmer until cherries soften and sauce is slightly reduced, 15 to 20 minutes. remove from heat.
• 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 into mushroom mixture; cook until has evaporated, about 5 minutes.
• remove pan from heat. add spinach, parsley, and cherry sauce; stir until spinach is slightly wilted. stir in goat cheese until melted; toss well.