Varvara (wheat berry pudding)
Varvara (wheat berry pudding)

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Varvara (wheat berry pudding) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Varvara (wheat berry pudding) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

I've always eaten this dish for breakfast. We jokingly called it Greek oatmeal and it's still one of my favorites today! Then one day a few years back, I came across it served as dessert in a little village on the island of Chios.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have varvara (wheat berry pudding) using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Varvara (wheat berry pudding):
  1. Get 500 g wheat berries
  2. Take 2 cups sugar
  3. Prepare 1 cup golden raisins
  4. Prepare 10 dried figs
  5. Take seedless plums
  6. Take dates
  7. Make ready 200 walnuts coarsely cut
  8. Get cinnamon
  9. Prepare 300 g tahini (1 jar)

We jokingly called it Greek oatmeal and it's still one of my favorites today! Then one day a few years back, I came across it served as dessert in a little village on the island of Chios. The clouds parted, the sun shone, angels. Sort through wheat berries carefully; discard any stones.

Steps to make Varvara (wheat berry pudding):
  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.

Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, cover and. Drain and set aside to cool. Thrace is renowned for its rich culinary heritage. Savory cheese and wild herb pies, sweet Varvara (wheat berry pudding) and ekmek kadaifi, three-layer pastry soaked in syrup with custard filling are just some of the local delights. The Greek Breakfast of Thrace is as diverse as each locale.

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