Spring Wheat Berry Salad Recipes

SPRING WHEAT BERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Place wheat berries in a large bowl; add 7 to 8 cups water. Let wheat berries soak overnight; drain.
• In a large pot, bring 7 cups water to a boil over high heat. Add soaked wheat berries and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook until wheat berries are plump, about 55 minutes. Drain and cool.
• Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. Add peas to boiling water and cook until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Transfer to ice-water bath to cool. Remove from water bath and set aside.
• Add fava beans to boiling water and cook until crisp-tender, about 1 minute. Transfer to ice-water bath to cool; drain. Peel fava beans and set aside.
• In a large bowl, toss together wheat berries, peas, fava beans, turnips, pea shoots, greens, chervil, mint, and lemon zest. Drizzle with lemon juice and olive oil; season with salt and pepper. Toss to combine.

SPRING WHEAT BERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Place onion in small bowl and add vinegar, set aside.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add 1 tsp. salt. Add prepared wheat berries and asparagus and cook for (1) one minute - (do not cook any longer than one minute so asparagus remains tender crisp).
• Immediately drain wheat berries and asparagus in a colander. Transfer to a serving bowl and add the kosher salt, olive oil, fresh ground black pepper, and Red Pepper Flakes, the finely chopped red onions and vinegar, chopped walnuts, radishes and dates.
• Mix together, taste and serve. Depending on you preferences you may want to add more vinegar or red pepper flakes.
• How to Prepare Wheat Berries
• Yields 2 ¼ Cup Cook Wheat Berries.
• 3 cups water
• 1 cup hard red wheat berries
• 1 tsp. salt
• Combine all ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil.
• Reduce temperature, and allow the berries to simmer for about ½ hour.
• Drain completely.