Heirloom Carrot & Wheat Berry Salad
Wheat berries can take upward of 75 minutes to cook. Soak them overnight in water to help speed up the cooking time.
Wheat berries can take upward of 75 minutes to cook. Soak them overnight in water to help speed up the cooking time.
This ultra-smooth dessert is a great foil for blackberries, raspberries or strawberries, and especially wonderful when served with a puree of the same type of berry. Garnish with a sifting of icing sugar, if desired.
Browning the chicken on the stovetop before finishing it in the oven makes the skin extra crispy. You can substitute the wheat berries with the same amount of barley, spelt berries or brown rice.
Adding jam to the icing not only colours it beautifully but also adds a berry flavour. These cupcakes look quite elegant and make an easy yet special finish to any summer event.
Marsala, a caramel-coloured dessert wine from Sicily, is sold as either sweet or dry. Stick to the sweet version for this frothy dessert. No gratin dishes? Skip the broiling and spoon zabaglione over berries in glasses or bowls instead.
Flecked with bits of red pepper, pale cheese and green parsley, this salad is appealing and intriguing. Wheat berries are either soft or hard: soft take 15 minutes less than the hard to cook.
With less sugar but plenty of flavour, this berry jam harnesses the health benefits of chia seeds for a tasty, antioxidant-rich treat. Enjoy spread onto buttery toast, dolloped onto ice cream or by the spoonful.
Put red currants and other berries to elegant use in this marvelous make-ahead summer dessert.
Linda and James Tapp live south of Biggar, Sask., and have farmed together their whole married life. Linda, an ardent cook and baker, shared the recipe for this juicy cobbler made with a mixture of cooked and raw local Saskatoon berries. “You get more juice and flavour that way,” she says.
Wheat berries (soft wheat kernels) give a nutty chewiness to this version of a popular takeout salad. Look for them in health and bulk food stores as well as in the grains or organic/special diet section of the supermarket. You can use barley instead, but cook it for only 20 minutes.