YQ Population Wheat, Wholegrain, Organic
From Hodmedod's Great British Beans Peas, Haleworth, Suffolk
Vegan
Available from Saturday 14 Feb
Whole organic wheat grain from the revolutionary YQ population, grown in the Deben valley in Suffolk.
YQ wheat grains can be cooked and eaten whole, or milled at home (we recommend using a Mockmill) for flavoursome and nutritious flour.
The YQ (Yield and Quality) wheat population was bred at Wakelyns Agroforestry by Professor Martin Wolfe and the Organic Research Centre. The population is a crop of extraordinary diversity that's emerged over time from a wide range of carefully chosen parent varieties, leading to fields of millions of genetically distinct individual wheat plants rather than the usual genetically uniform monocultures.
Add cooked wheatberries - or if cooking time allows, dry grains - to soups, stews and casseroles.
Use cooked or toasted grains as the basis for or tasty addition to salads.
Mill uncooked grains to produce a tasty and versatile flour.
Cooking instructions
Rinse, bring to the boil then simmer until tender (about 45 minutes). Speed up cooking by pre-soaking for a few hours.
Ingredients
Wheat Grain (Gluten)
Allergy information
For allergens, see ingredients in bold