Freekeh

Freekeh

What it is

Wheat harvested green and set on fire — the high moisture in the young grain stops it burning while the chaff and husk char away. A thirteenth-century Baghdad cookbook already records it, and the smoke is the entire flavour.

In the kitchen

Rinse it well and pick it over — charred fragments and small stones are common even in good packets.

Goes with

Lamb Yogurt Mint Cumin Pomegranate Olive oil Almond Cilantro / Coriander

Same species

Bulgur Couscous Einkorn Emmer wheat Wholemeal flour T45 flour

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