Freekeh

Freekeh is one of the most distinctive ingredients in the Eastern Mediterranean larder: young green durum wheat, harvested before full maturity and then fire-roasted. The roasting process creates a uniquely smoky, nutty character that makes freekeh unlike any other grain — it smells of a wood fire when it cooks, and delivers…Freekeh is one of the most distinctive ingredients in the Eastern Mediterranean larder: young green durum wheat, harvested before full maturity and then fire-roasted. The roasting process creates a uniquely smoky, nutty character that makes freekeh unlike any other grain — it smells of a wood fire when it cooks, and delivers a complex depth of flavour that you cannot achieve by any other means.The technique of roasting green wheat has been practised in the Eastern Mediterranean (particularly in Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, and Egypt) for centuries. The word freekeh derives from the Arabic for 'to rub' — referring to the threshing process that separates…Read more