2020-03-01 Woolworths Taste

Farro, Thrupps Illovo Centre, 204 Oxford Road,

Illovo, Sandton; tel: 071 618 4352, farro.co.za

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ORIGIN STORY

The

inside

scoop

After sampling the signature chicken

liver parfait at Farro in Joburg,

we are obsessed, frankly. Here’s why

the restaurant will never be able

to take it off the menu

PHOTOGRAPH

JAN RAS^ The backstory: When
husband-and-wife team Eloise
and Alex Windebank opened
Farro’s doors in 2018, they
needed something “service
proof” that could be plated and
served without a sweat.
“It had to be something simple
and delicious that was prepped
and ready to go,” says Eloise.
“We didn’t expect the kind of
response we had. The dish has
evolved with us and now it has
a small cult following.”

Thefinishing

touches:Fora

finalflourish,

Alexsprinklesover

Cerebossaltflakes

orCornishseasalt.

Theaccompaniments:

Whenquincesarein

season,Alexpoaches

themwithbayleaves,

peppercornsandlemon

zest,andservesthem

alongsidetheparfait

tocomplementand

offsetitsrichness.Outof

season,headdsa dollop

ofprunepuréeinstead.

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TABLE TALK

Thebread:

Theparfaitis

alwaysservedwith

therestaurant’s

house-made

brioche.“ We

useChampagne

Valleyflourand

ThorntreeFarm

eggs,”saysEloise.

Theparfait:

Accordingto

Eloise,there’sno

smokeandmirrors,

justamazing

localingredients,

techniqueand

a decentfood

processorinvolved

inachievingthe

silkyconsistency.

“Ourparfaitis very

classic,withoutany

obscureadditions

orflavours.We

simplydeglaze

thepanwitha

splashoflocal

brandybeforewe

blendeverything

together.”