Deconstructed Italian Easter Pie With Wheat Berries

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The flavors of the classical vacation dessert are echoed present successful goat food and cooked wheat berries -- with little sugar. You don't person to hold until Easter to bask it.

You could besides service this with the goat food topping arsenic the basal and spoon the honey-wheat berry substance connected top.

The topping tin beryllium made and refrigerated up to 1 time successful advance; disturbance earlier using. The wheat berries request to beryllium cooked successful advance.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 6-8

For the topping

1 cupful dense (whipping) cream
One 10-to-12-ounce bundle plain goat cheese, astatine country temperature
2 tablespoons sugar
1 navel orange

For the base

1 cupful honey
1 cupful water
1 generous cupful cooked wheat berries (from 1/2 cupful dried wheat berries; spot NOTE)
1 cupful shelled, roasted, unsalted pistachios (may substitute skinned, toasted hazelnuts oregon walnuts)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 8)

Calories
470
Fat
26 g
Saturated Fat
13 g
Carbohydrates
54 g
Sodium
180 mg
Cholesterol
55 mg
Protein
12 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
42 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from “Bowls of Plenty: Recipes for Healthy and Delicious Whole-Grain Meals,” by Carolynn Carreño (Grand Central Life & Style, 2017).

Tested by Richard Kerr and Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published January 23, 2017

Updated March 15, 2026