Christmas Is Coming! Make a generous pudding according to the old Athonite recipe!

According to ancient tradition, on the eve of the Nativity of Christ (and Baptism) decided to cook and eat Christmas pudding (Koleva, sochivo) — boiled wheat, sweetened with honey or sugar. The roots of the tradition stretch back to Byzantium and on mount Athos and is now revered her so much.





Kutya rojdestvenskaya on mount Athos prepared as follows: pre-wheat lightly pounded, then soaked for a few hours. The water after soaking is drained, and the wheat pour boiling water and cook until the grains are completely disclosed.





The wheat is washed with boiled water and lay to dry. 2-3 hours before the beginning of the divine Liturgy, to add grated wheat breadcrumbs to the rest of the moisture is completely absorbed. Then when it is ready for cereal mixed with chopped walnuts, almonds, raisins...

Top the dish decorated with tinted (of course natural dyes), sugar, cinnamon, depicting the faces of Saints. The thus prepared kutia unusual looking of our person, it is even difficult to call a dish is a work of art!





Let us be more familiar version. Normally the pudding is assembled from three components: foundations, filling and various additives. Base, usually wheat, but the possible variations (rice, barley, oats and even buckwheat).

Dressing meatless meals can be milk from poppy seeds or nuts, honey, compote (dried fruit drink). As additives there may be the same nuts, raisins, different dried berries, candied fruits, spices...





Recipe corner from phoenicianparty

• 1 tbsp. wheat
• 100 g poppy
• 50 g walnuts
• 3 tbsp honey
• 100 g raisins

Cooking

1. Wheat rinse. Italki grain with a wooden pestle, periodically adding water until the shell of wheat behind. - Separated from the husk, rinse again thoroughly.
2. Then pure grain fill up with water and boil until complete cooking. You can do it in the oven for one hour at 150 degrees.
3. Mac pour small amount of boiling water, the steam out within 30 minutes, the water leak, and Mac grind to the appearance of white liquid.
4. The raisins soak for 20 minutes, nuts grind.
5. To honey, add a couple of tablespoons of boiled water, stir.
6. Pour the honey into the cooked porridge, add nuts, raisins and poppy seeds along with milk. The pudding turned out delicious, juicy and ready for serving!

So the pudding was a success, take a few tips from "the Site".

1. So barley is not burnt, cook it in a saucepan with a thick bottom pot ideal.
2. After all the meal components are connected, warm it up for me within a few minutes, preferably in a clay pot.
3. If the pudding is too thick, you can dilute with boiled water, compote or decoction of cereals.
4. Do not save the pudding for too long, as the honey may ferment. If the ingredients are harvested for a few days, get them and fill before serving.

In every country and region of the Christmas pudding is prepared in different ways. But whatever the recipe, the pudding remains the main dish has a great and bright holiday in observance of Christmas joy, abundance, harvest and health for the entire year.

Don't forget to share the recipe with friends. Happy Roadsta and delicious Christmas table with you!

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