Bob's Red Mill Organic Farro Grain, 24-ounce (Pack of 4)

I like this Farro Grain because it's not pre-flavored with anything like cheese sauce or spices. I can cook and season it just the way I want. It has excellent flavor, cooks fast in 10 minutes, and is very nutritious. Use it like rice, add what you want to it. This is fast becoming a favorite side-dish for us! Happy with the quality and the price!

Looking for an alternative to brown rice which contains excessive arsenic. The interwebs pointed me to this grain, and I was not disappointed. I love the slightly chewy yet soft texture I could just eat it plain. Goes great with everything you normally use rice for such as black beans, stir fry, or just eating it plain as a side dish. A lot cheaper buying it in bulk here too.

The taste of these is immeasurable be better than whole wheat kernels (AKA wheatberries). You sure to rinse them well, and/or cook in plenty of water and skim the white stuff off the top. Great with a little milk and just a dab of maple syrup stirred into the mix.

Great taste, clean with no debris

Farro is possibly the most-complicated grain for consumers to understand. Is it whole? Is it pearled? Semi-pearled? Is it spelt? Emmer? Einkorn? I happen to be very knowledgeable about farro and have cooked with it for more than 2 decades. Bob’s description says “lightly scratched.” That description doesn’t help us. However, the packaging clearly indicates that this is pearled farro. Sometimes I want whole-grain farro—and I fully understand that it requires overnight soaking and much longer cooking—and sometimes I want a 15-minute soak while I prep/cook its companions, and a much shorter cooking time. These days, I cook farro in my Instant Pot. Here’s a typical Mary use of Bob’s farro that will go into a vegetarian casserole, probably with beans (farro loves beans!): 1) use the IP to caramelize 3-4 onions; 2) use the 1+ cups of onion juice produced by that process to soak for 10-15 minutes 1 cup of Bob’s farro, adding water if necessary to equal 2 cups of liquid; 3) pressure-cook the farro mixture in the IP on high for 13 minutes. Perfection! Finally, I can’t buy Bob’s farro in stores here where I live in the middle of U.S. nowhere, so I’m so grateful that I can buy it via Amazon.