Farro-Stuffed Portabellos with Eggplant & Cacio di Bosco al Tartufo
Hmmm....looks good, huh? Roasted portobello, filled with farro with marinara, topped with Cacio di Bosco al Tartufo (percorino with truffles), wrapped in a strip of roasted japanese eggplant.
I can't believe how beautifully this came out! I wanted to do something with eggplant and had just got the portobellos at T.Joe's. I decided to roast them both, brushed with olive oil and balsamic. I had some left over cooked farro and was thinking of chopping the vegetables and mixing them with the farro, when suddenly I got this wonderful idea to create a stuffable tower with the two. It held together beautifully and the rich combination of smoky eggplant, juicy ports, farro, tomato, and creamy cheese made for a magnificient mouthful (or two)!
I love the portobello/eggplant towers and I'm thinking of other fillings:
I welcome your suggestions!
posted by Catherine at 9:58 AM
6 Comments:
I love your stuffed eggplant!
Other filling you can include:
1. Cooked rice toss through some kind of dressing and chopped sun-dried tomatoes.
2. Small spiced poatoes cubed with some sour cream on top, and a bit of sweet chili sauce, too!
Wow -- that is a beautiful thing! I've never done much with farro -- an early attempt left me feeling ambivalent about it -- but now I'm tempted to try again!
mmm looks fantastic. perfect idea!
Did you just invent the world's sexiest party food? Yow.
I eat animal products. I don't shy away from the facts. I respect the whole animal and I know where my meat comes from a lot of the time. In the case of the chicken I tried to utilize all parts of it. Despite that you apparently find me 'apalling' for putting a photograph of a beautiful dead chicken on my blog. Hey - I eat dead animals and I don't pretend not to.
I love you too, Catherine, but someone who claims to be a vegetarian whilst at the same time happily eating animal rennet products that are used to make foods like cheese, could be accused of a certain amount of hypocrisy in this argument. Who knows how the animal that made that rennet was treated, or how it died or where it came from? I am guilty of this as much as you because I eat cheese too.
I used to be a vegetarian. At that time I didn't eat any cheese if I didn't know 100% that it was free of animal rennet. I didn't drink wine that I wasn't sure didn't have isinglass or blood in it. I didn't wear leather. It was tough being a true vegetarian. But it is the only bona fide position to be in if you want to criticise people who eat meat, I think. Otherwise we'll just come back at you and remind you that you probably eat dead animals too.
Sam,
Thanks for your honest perspective. I don't intend to criticise people for eating meat. I know many vegans who are very careful with all their choices and I am definitely not in that class. I have been thinking of going vegan for a month, maybe I should give it a try?
Cheers,
Catherine
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