Barbara
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Ingredients for 6 people:
For garnish:
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Start the previous night! In a pot place the wheat and the water and let it soak overnight.
In the morning after the wheat has soaked you are ready to start your barbara! You can use a pressure cooker or a regular pot to boil your wheat. If you do use a pressure cooker like we did please be very careful as wheat has the tendency to foam and you need to keep the temperature really low while you cook it under pressure. If you use a regular pot boil the wheat until it cracks open and it is fully cooked. If you use a pressure cooker cook on really low heat (the lowest you can) for about 50 minutes. While the wheat is cooking it is time to roast the flour. Place the flour on a baking tray and scatter it around evenly. Put it in the oven at 180 degrees to roast it. Occasionally mix it so it doesn't get burned. Once the flour is light brown colour remove it from the oven and set it aside. You can also roast the almonds. Place them in a frying pan and roast them on medium heat turning so they don't get burned. After they are roasted you can grind them. Grind also the walnuts. When the wheat is cooked, add the sugar, the figs, and the raisins and stir. Cook on low heat for about 10 minutes more. Add some of the mixture to a bowl and slowly add the flour in it to make a paste. Slowly add the paste spoon by spoon on the mixture in the pot and stir well. This will thicken the mixture and your barbara is ready! Serve it warm in a bowl and sprinkle it with ground roasted almonds and walnuts as well as cinnamon. Enjoy!
In the morning after the wheat has soaked you are ready to start your barbara! You can use a pressure cooker or a regular pot to boil your wheat. If you do use a pressure cooker like we did please be very careful as wheat has the tendency to foam and you need to keep the temperature really low while you cook it under pressure. If you use a regular pot boil the wheat until it cracks open and it is fully cooked. If you use a pressure cooker cook on really low heat (the lowest you can) for about 50 minutes. While the wheat is cooking it is time to roast the flour. Place the flour on a baking tray and scatter it around evenly. Put it in the oven at 180 degrees to roast it. Occasionally mix it so it doesn't get burned. Once the flour is light brown colour remove it from the oven and set it aside. You can also roast the almonds. Place them in a frying pan and roast them on medium heat turning so they don't get burned. After they are roasted you can grind them. Grind also the walnuts. When the wheat is cooked, add the sugar, the figs, and the raisins and stir. Cook on low heat for about 10 minutes more. Add some of the mixture to a bowl and slowly add the flour in it to make a paste. Slowly add the paste spoon by spoon on the mixture in the pot and stir well. This will thicken the mixture and your barbara is ready! Serve it warm in a bowl and sprinkle it with ground roasted almonds and walnuts as well as cinnamon. Enjoy!
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