Cooked wheat, history, tradition and recipe

They are ancient the customs that are handed down and return as they do every year on the day of the commemoration of the dead falling on 2 November. When this anniversary approaches, there is an ancient cake made with simple ingredients offered by nature at this time of year that is still made at home and is remembered by the name of wheat with cooked wine. Everyone but everyone remembers him from childhood.

Gràne che ru mm'r'cutt' with cooked wine

There are culinary traditions that truly tell the story of a people. In fact, it is fitting to recount what happened around the 1950s when people lived in poverty. Many were the poor people of those times who waited for this occasion to knock on the door of the richer ones exclaiming 'murte ddán'm" and so the rich offered them not only the cooked grain but also other foods they had at home. A true gesture of solidarity between the poor and the rich.

This typical sweet for the feast of the dead is made with simple ingredients from the earth and seasonal in autumn: pomegranate, walnuts, cooked wine and wheat. In particular there is a ingredient that also represents one of the 5 colours of well-being i.e. red and it is precisely the pomegranate. In general, each has specific properties and health benefits and that put together they are a real health cocktail. A tasty dessert complete with all nutrients.

Now try preparing it with our recipe https://www.typigo.com/ricetta/il-grano-cotto/