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Koliva - Wheatberry sweet dish

Koliva - wheatberry dish
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cup Water
  • 1 cup Whole wheatberries
  • 1 tbsp Whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup dark raisins
  • 2 tbsp silver dragées
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamom
  • 1 pinch fine sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp cumin
  • 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
  • 1/2 cup confectioners's sugar
  • 1/2 cup Jordan almonds

Instructions
 

  • Soak wheat berries overnight so they become soft
  • Boil wheatberries in a sauce pan. Cook until wheatberries are tender under medium heat for about an hour.
  • Drain cooked wheatberries and cool in a separate container
  • After wheatberries have cooled, dry them off gently over a clean dishcloth or kitchen towel. Transfer to a bowl after they are sufficiently demoisturized.
  • In another bowl, mix cinnaomon, cumin, salt
  • Heat a heavy bottomed pan or skillet on medium heat.
  • Toast almonds on this skillet and transfer to another container
  • Next add wheat flour to the skillet and move constantly with a spoon. The flour should not be allowed to char and settle burnt at the bottom of the skillet.
  • Next add wheatberries and move them around ont he skillet until they are sufficienlty dry
  • Next to this skillet add walnuts, raisins, spices
  • Transfer contents of the skillet to another bowl to cook
  • Add silver dragées. This is optional
  • When wheatberries have cooled enough, make a mould of your hands and place the wheatberry mound into a decorative container.
  • Sprinkle toasted sesame seeds, sugar.
  • Jordan almonds are usually used to design a cross on the dish.