Seared Beef, Farro and White Bean Salad
Rare sirloin sliced over warm farro and cannellini with rocket and blistered tomatoes.
Ingredients
- 220 g Beef sirloin
- 70 g Farro
- 100 g Cannellini beans
- 2 tsp Extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ Lemon
- 100 g Cherry tomatoes (optional)
- 40 g Arugula (optional)
- 2 g Rosemary (optional)
- ½ tsp Black pepper (optional)
Method
- Simmer the farro in salted water for twenty-eight minutes, until tender but still with a bite, then drain and leave it to steam dry.
- Take the sirloin out of the fridge and season it hard with the black pepper and salt. Strip and chop the rosemary, halve the tomatoes and rinse the beans.
- Sear the sirloin in a dry heavy pan over the highest flame, three minutes a side for rare, then move it to a board to rest.
- While the beef rests, throw the tomatoes into the hot pan with the rosemary and leave them two minutes until the skins split and blacken.
- Turn the warm farro and beans through the olive oil and lemon juice while the grain still steams, then fold in the blistered tomatoes and all the pan juices.
- Fold in the rocket, slice the rested beef thinly across the grain and lay it over with the board juices.
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About Seared Beef, Farro and White Bean Salad
Seared Beef, Farro and White Bean Salad is an Italian lunch or dinner that comes together in about 42 minutes and serves 1.
Seared Beef, Farro and White Bean Salad: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Seared Beef, Farro and White Bean Salad?
A serving has about 960 calories — 65.5g protein, 84g carbs, 40.4g fat, 14.2g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is it high in protein?
Each serving has about 65.5g of protein, roughly 27% of its calories.
Is Seared Beef, Farro and White Bean Salad gluten-free?
As written, no — it contains Farro. You'd need a certified gluten-free swap for that ingredient to make it gluten-free.
How long does Seared Beef, Farro and White Bean Salad take to make?
About 42 minutes start to finish, but only around 23 of those are hands-on — the rest is largely unattended cooking time you can step away from. In the Homecooked app the timers and parallel steps are sequenced for you so the hands-on part feels even shorter.
Do I need every ingredient to make Seared Beef, Farro and White Bean Salad?
The core ingredients are essential, but you can leave out cherry tomatoes, arugula, rosemary — they're optional and mainly there for extra flavor or finish.
How many servings does Seared Beef, Farro and White Bean Salad make?
This recipe makes 1 serving. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.