Hi, dear friend how are you? I hope that you are well. It’s sweetened with milk and honey and has an excellent stability of fruit, nuts, and poppy seeds. This recipe calls for some overnight prep so that you without a doubt want to read via it earlier than you begin.
Ingredients
1½ cups iciness wheat berries
4½ cups of milk (or water, but milk tastes higher)
¾ cups poppy seed
½ cup honey
½ cup raisins
⅔ Cup dry apricots, chopped
⅔ Cup slivered almonds
⅛ Tsp. Salt
Instructions
• Rinse wheat berries in cold water till water runs clean, then switch to a bowl and soak overnight in lukewarm water, including enough water to cowl 2-inches above the wheat berries
• The next day, drain wheat berries, area them in a medium-sized heavy pot, cover with 4½ cups of milk and bring the whole lot to a boil over excessive warmness. While milk starts to boil, reduce heat to low, cover with a lid and simmer till wheat berries are very tender, 3½ - 4 hours, relying on the best of the warmth, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking. Add extra milk if needed to maintain the wheat berries fully submerged (in case you simmer over low warmness, you won't add any extra milk).
• Even as the wheat berries are at the range, rinse ¾ cups of poppy seeds thoroughly in an exceptional-mesh sieve, drain nicely, and switch to a medium saucepan and upload 3 cups water. Over medium heat, carry to a simmer (don’t boil). Flip off. Cover with the lid and let it sit down for 30 min. Return to a simmer (don’t boil). Flip off. Cover and permit it to take a seat for any other 30 minutes. Drain poppy seeds well through a colander or by way of preserving the lid on and setting numerous layers of cheesecloth over the lid to seize stray poppy seeds. Push the poppy seeds thru a food grinder, the usage of the exceptional grinding plate (you could additionally mill the poppy seeds in batches in a clean coffee grinder).
• Preheat the oven to 350˚f. Spread ⅔ cups of slivered almonds on a baking sheet and toast them for five mins. Set them apart and decrease temperature to 325˚f.
• When wheat berries get very soft, drain off the milk in a pitcher measuring cup. Hold a ½ cup of the cooked milk and discard the relaxation. Combine ½ cup of honey with the ½ cup of saved milk and stir until mixed.
• Location cooked wheat berries in a blending bowl, upload floor poppy seeds, ½ cup raisins, ⅔ cup dry chopped apricots, ⅔ cup toasted slivered almonds, honey-milk mixture and ⅛ tsp. Salt. Mix the whole lot collectively and place in a casserole or pie dish, then bake yours for 20 min exposed at 325˚f.
• Get rid of from the oven, cowl with foil and let it relaxation 15 min. Serve warm or bloodless. The longer it sits, the more flavor it's going to have. Will closing in the fridge for a very good 2 weeks.
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