Mediterranean Mussels With Farro and Wine

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This is the archetypal of 4 speedy weeknight recipes that diagnostic good-for-you grains, courtesy of Massachusetts cooking teacher and nutrient writer Maria Speck. (Her "Ancient Grains for Modern Meals" made the Food section’s database of apical 10 cookbooks for 2011.)

We've adapted this stew from the book; for different Dinner successful Minutes selections this month, Speck has based dishes connected different recipes from her book.

To support this weeknight repast moving connected schedule, look for semi-perlato (semi-pearled, hulled) farro, which cooks successful 20 to 25 minutes, alternatively than whole-grain farro, which tin instrumentality up to 70 minutes. Pearled farro is disposable astatine Wegmans, MOM's and Harris Teeter locations; and online astatine EarthlyChoice.com.

Serve with a crusty breadstuff for dunking into the stew.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 2-3

For the farro

1 1/2 cups water
3/4 cupful farro
1 tiny bay leaf
2 full achromatic peppercorns
Pinch good oversea salt

For the stew

1 mean yellowish onion
2 tiny carrots oregon 1 ample carrot
2 ribs celery
2 oregon 3 mean cloves garlic
Leaves from 1 sprig rosemary
1/4 cupful extra-virgin olive oil
2 bay leaves
1 tiny dried reddish chile pepper
1/2 spoon good oversea salt
1 1/2 cups adust achromatic wine
1 1/2 cups diced, no-salt-added tomatoes preferably Muir Glen No-Salt-Added Fire-Roasted Diced Tomatoes, positive their juices
1 1/2 cups water
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1 spoon sugar
2 pounds caller mussels, cleaned and debearded (tap connected immoderate mussels that are chipped, cracked oregon somewhat open; if they bash not close, discard them)
2 lemons
Leaves from 3 oregon 4 sprigs flat-leaf parsley, for garnish

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 3)

Calories
770
Fat
26 g
Saturated Fat
4 g
Carbohydrates
68 g
Sodium
1420 mg
Cholesterol
85 mg
Protein
45 g
Fiber
8 g
Sugar
11 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from Speck's "Ancient Grains for Modern Meals" (Ten Speed Press, 2011).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published January 3, 2012

Updated March 14, 2026