Trahana

Trahana is one of the most distinctive and historically significant ingredients in the Greek and Cypriot kitchen — and one of the least known outside the diaspora. It is made by combining cracked wheat with fermented milk (for sweet trahana) or yoghurt and sourdough (for sour trahana), drying the mixture into irregular crumbles,…Trahana is one of the most distinctive and historically significant ingredients in the Greek and Cypriot kitchen — and one of the least known outside the diaspora. It is made by combining cracked wheat with fermented milk (for sweet trahana) or yoghurt and sourdough (for sour trahana), drying the mixture into irregular crumbles, and storing it for use through the winter months. The fermentation gives it a faintly tangy, deeply savoury character unlike anything else in the pasta family.In use, trahana dissolves partially into soups and stews, thickening the liquid and releasing a complex, rounded flavour that is impossible to replicate with any other ingredient.…Read more