Kutia (polish Christmas Pudding)
Ingredients
- 200 gram wheat grain (7 1/4 oz)
- 200 gram poppy seeds
- 200 milliliter honey (7/16 pint)
- 100 gram walnuts, chopped (3.5 oz)
- 100 gram almonds, chopped
- 50 gram currants (1.8 oz)
- 4 figs
- 4 dates
- 1/2 vanilla pod
- 1 ts grated lemon peel
- 70 milliliter rum (1/8 pint)
- 2 tb cream
- 10 almonds, whole
Instructions
Servings: 8. Wash the wheat grain, leave to soak in cold water for 6 hours. Drain, then pour 2 l of boiling water over the wheat, cover and cook over a low heat for 3 hours. The grains should be soft but not mushy. Strain the cooked wheat and leave to cool. Wash the poppy-seeds thoroughly in cold water, scald with boiling water and drain. Pour boiling water over them, bring to a boil, remove from the heat and leave to stand in a warm place for 3 hours. Drain and mince. Soak the currants in rum or cognac. Cut the figs and dates into thin strips. Crush vanilla pod in a mortar. Pour the poppy-seeds into a mixing bowl, add cream, honey, vanilla and lemon peel. Grind for 15 minutes, then add the wheat, crushed walnuts and almonds, currants, figs and dates. Mix well and transfer to a glass bowl. Decorate with whole almonds and chill.