Make ahead: Store, covered, in the fridge for up to 2 days.
Save time: Use 2 2/3 cups cooked triticale berries and omit soaking and cooking the raw grains.
Chef It Up!
• Rather than using frozen artichoke hearts, poach well-trimmed, very tiny baby artichokes in a white wine and broth mixture until tender, then slice them into quarters.
Grain Swaps
• Substitute 1 cup rye berries for the triticale berries. They'll need to simmer about 1 hour 15 minutes to get tender.
Testers' Note
• Triticale berries have a somewhat pungent, forceful taste—and thus the smoked trout is here as a good balance. Look for it near the smoked salmon in most well-stocked markets. Of course, you could flake smoked salmon into the salad as well, although its texture will be a little softer, not quite as good a contrast to the artichoke hearts.
