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This hearty casserole has all the flavors of holiday dressing. With its creamy sauce, chewy farro, and crispy topping, this gratin is a delight to the senses. Use crushed crispbread for the best-texture topping.
The key ingredient in the creamy sauce is soaked cashews: After a 30-minute soak in hot water, you'll blend them with a few flavorful ingredients to make a fabulously simple, rich-tasting sauce.
Ingredients
- ½ cup raw unsalted cashews
- 3 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
- 1 cup farro
- ½ cup unsweetened plant milk
- 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 3 cups assorted fresh mushrooms, such as button, cremini, oyster, and/or shiitake, sliced
- 1 cup thinly sliced leeks
- ½ cup chopped celery
- ½ cup chopped carrot
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups torn fresh kale
- ⅓ cup crushed multigrain crispbread, such as Wasa brand, or whole wheat panko bread crumbs
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine cashews with enough hot water to cover them; soak cashews for 30 minutes; drain.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. In a medium saucepan bring broth to boiling. Stir in farro. Return to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, 20 to 25 minutes or just until tender. Drain any excess liquid.
- Meanwhile, in a small food processor or blender combine drained cashews with milk, vinegar, mustard, maple syrup, and onion powder. Cover and process until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
- In an extra-large skillet cook the next five ingredients (through garlic) over medium 5 to 6 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally and adding water, 1 to 2 Tbsp. at a time, as needed to prevent sticking. Stir in kale; cook 2 to 3 minutes more or just until kale is wilted. Stir in cooked farro and cashew puree. Spoon into a 2-qt. baking dish.
- Bake, covered, 15 minutes. Sprinkle with crushed crispbread. Bake, uncovered, 10 to 15 minutes more or until crispbread is toasted.
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Comments (19)
(5 from 9 votes)Can I freeze this dish ?
This is soo delicious, made it today. Didn't have leek, used spring onion instead, added beans and cauliflower, used frozen chanterelle and porcini. Without crumbs and still really good.
I don’t have farro. Can I substitute Buckwheat Groats?
Hi Marly, While we haven't test this, buckwheat groats look like they'd be a good alternative to farro here, as they have a somewhat similar texture and nutty flavor. If you decide to try it, let us know how it goes! (One note is that farro takes longer to cook than buckwheat, so you'll only need to cook the buckwheat for 20 minutes. Our guide to cooking whole grains is a good reference for cook times. https://www.forksoverknives.com/how-tos/grains-cooking-guide/)
Fantastic - really great 👏
This is sooo good! Added zucchini instead of celery and will add some chickpeas next time!
Added miso and nooch to the sauce, also increased veggies, added peas/beans.
Excellent. Substituted 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds for cashews and red balsamic for white. Very creamy. I put the little bit of leftover warmed into a wrap with hummus.
My husband and I really enjoyed this recipe. Too bad it is not yet on your app so that is easy to save.
Hello Nancy. Because I am always looking for some good recipes from different sources I am using an app called Paprika Recipe Manager 3. It is great organizer of all recipes you like. You can download them with a few clicks right from the page you found the desired recipe. Also you can edit it or add your on ingredient if you tweaked it to your own taste. It is worth to check it out!
If you go to the top right of the recipe touch the tiny dots and you can save it to pinterest
Made this tonight, and we adored it!
What can i substitute for white balsamic vinegar?
I always sub lemon juice for any vinegar in a recipe
Unbelievably DELICIOUS. The flavors and the coziness of this dish are off the charts. Definitely part of our rotation now!
What could be subbed for the cashews? Plant based yogurt?
You might try white beans in lieu of the cashews!
This recipe was so flavorful! I topped it with some air fried tofu to make it a main dish. My picky family loved it and I’m sure I’ll make it again.
Delicious. My first time cooking farrow and it is delightful. I did use olive oil to brown the veg and the topping and added a scallion to the mix instead of using onion powder. Great recipe. Will make again.