Wheat Berries

Wskazówki

→ 1 cup uncooked wheat berries weighs 7 ounces (200 g).

→ Use 2½ parts liquid to 1 part wheat berries as a rule of thumb for the absorption method, though I prefer the boil-like-pasta method because the berries can be quite hard and take a lot of time and liquid to soften.

→ Cook wheat berries for 40 to 50 minutes, sometimes a bit longer.

→ 1 cup (200 g) uncooked wheat berries yields 2½ cups (450 g) cooked.

Notatki

We mostly encounter "regular" wheat as a flour of some kind, but the whole kernels, or berries, of hard red spring or winter wheat are delicious eaten as a whole grain. They're nutty little nuggets that do require a long time to cook, up to 1 hour, but because they are so firm, they hold up beautifully in salads and soups.