All Easy Recipes. Cook all that you can cook. Grape Pudding
(Moustalevria)
 
This unusual pudding is served throughout Greece at grape harvest time. Fresh grapes are squeezed either by hand or in a juice extractor to collect the mousto, or grape juice, that is the main ingredient of the pudding.

What You Need:            (To Serve: 16 to 20 servings)
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  • 10 cups grape juice (mousto made from 10 to 12 pounds seedless white grapes, squeezed)
  • 1 slice white bread
  • ½ cup cornstarch
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • Ground cinnamon for topping
  • 1 cup sesame seeds
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

  • How To Cook:
    1. Place grapes in a food processor or juice extractor, a few at a time, and pulverize. Strain.

    2. Place strained juice in a large pot, break up bread, and add to liquids.

    3. Boil mousto for 5 minutes. Cool and strain through a cheesecloth, being sure to strain all the bread particles from the liquids.

    4. Measure 8 cups of clear grape liquid. Mix 2 cups liquid with cornstarch and flour. Bring the rest to the boiling point.

    5. Add flour mixture a little at a time, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens.

    6. Pour into small dishes and immediately sprinkle with cinnamon, sesame seeds, and nuts. Serve cold.

    NOTE:
        Bottled grape juice cannot be substituted for the fresh grape liquids.


     
     
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