Ukrainian Christmas Kutya
Ingredients
- 1½ cups wheat berries, soaked in warm water for 24 hours,and then strained (kernels)
- 4½ cups water or milk (or more)
- ¾ cup poppy seeds
- ? cup sliced roasted almonds or walnuts
- ½ cup honey, to taste
- ? cup chopped dried apricots (optional)
- ½ cup raisins
- 1 pinch salt, to taste
- 1 dash ground cinnamon
* In a medium pot, combine wheat kernels and milk.
* Bring to a boil.
* Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 3 hours.
* Add more liquid as necessary to keep kernels covered.
* Scald the poppy seeds with boiling water, drain, and add lukewarm water to cover.
* Soak 30 minutes, drain and grind in a food processor.
* Set aside.
* Drain water from Wheat kernels and keep ½ cup of the liquid.
* Add the honey to the liquid and mix well.
* Mix kernels, honey, ground poppy seeds, almonds, apricots, raisins, and salt.
* Bake in a 2-quart casserole dish, uncovered, at 325 °F for 20 minutes.
* Bring to a boil.
* Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 3 hours.
* Add more liquid as necessary to keep kernels covered.
* Scald the poppy seeds with boiling water, drain, and add lukewarm water to cover.
* Soak 30 minutes, drain and grind in a food processor.
* Set aside.
* Drain water from Wheat kernels and keep ½ cup of the liquid.
* Add the honey to the liquid and mix well.
* Mix kernels, honey, ground poppy seeds, almonds, apricots, raisins, and salt.
* Bake in a 2-quart casserole dish, uncovered, at 325 °F for 20 minutes.
This article uses material from the "Ukrainian Christmas Kutya" article on the Recipes wiki at Wikia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License
