Varvara (wheat berry pudding)

Name: Varvara (wheat berry pudding)
Yield: A very large pot!
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500 g wheat berries; 2 cups sugar; 1 cup golden raisins; 10 dried figs; seedless plums; dates; 200 walnuts coarsely cut; cinnamon; 300 g tahini (1 jar)

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It's a dessert that has religious roots, it is made on the eve of St. Barbara and offered to the neighbours for the good health of the children of the house but also in honour to the saint that it is named after. It is a traditional dessert of Thrace.

Recipe by ΔΙΔΥΜΙΝΑ

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

Recipe by ΔΙΔΥΜΙΝΑ

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Ingredients

A very large pot!

500 gwheat berries
2 cupssugar
1 cupgolden raisins
10dried figs
seedless plums
dates
200walnuts coarsely cut
cinnamon
300 gtahini (1 jar)

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Steps

1

Wash and soak the wheat berries overnight before the eve of St. Barbara.
2

On the eve boil the wheat in the pressure cooker for 20 minutes.
3

Use a sifter ladle to remove it and after putting it through the food processor put it back in the pot.
4

Add the raisins and continue boiling over low heat.
5

Finely chop the figs and add them to the pot.
6

Let it boil for quite a while, stirring often so that it thickens thoroughly.
7

When everything is very well done, add the sugar and stir.
8

When the sugar melts, remove from heat and add the tahini.
9

We stir very well and place into small bowls.
10

In each bowl, sprinkle with 1 tbsp of walnuts, cinnamon and decorate with one date an one plum.