Farro Perlato Cereal Recipe

Farro Perlato Cereal Recipe

  • 1 cup farro perlato
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 cup 2% milk
  • 2 teaspoons white sugar
  • 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped
  1. Place farro in a bowl and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand in refrigerator for 8 hours to overnight. Drain.
  2. Place farro in a saucepan and cover with water; stir in a pinch of salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain.
  3. Mix milk, sugar, vanilla bean with seeds, and a pinch of salt together in a saucepan. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until sugar is dissolved and milk is warm, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove vanilla bean and add farro to milk mixture. Cook and stir until heated through, about 5 minutes.