what are wheatberries?

[crystalmoon]

Hi everyone...Ive been checking out some recipes I want to make from Alissa's book & alot of them call for wheatberries. I dont know what these are:confused:
Does anyone know if they are called something different in the Uk?
I looked on Alissa's site to see if she sells them but didnt see any.
Thanks

[baltochef]

crystalmoon

Wheatberries are the whole kernal of wheat before any processing is done to them..

In order you would have:

Cracked wheat (broken into 1/4's or so)

Coarse ground flour (texture of corn meal)

Medium ground flour (texture of fine polenta)

Medium fine grind flour (most all-purpose flours)

Finely ground flour (cake flour)

These are general approximations as each manufacturer is a little different..

Bruce

[crystalmoon]

thanks Bruce...now I can try to track down some raw stockists in the Uk

[Raw Mom]

You can buy hard winter wheat berries or soft winter wheat berries...