Soyballs (Soytzoukakia)

Authentic traditional recipe for a hut from the fathers on Mount Athos. Easy step-by-step recipe. Instructions: Boil the wheat, so that it does not become a porridge. Strain it and spread it on a clean towel to drain its water. Put in a pan all the ingredients (except for the powdered sugar) and mix them. Place them on a platter and press them over with a baking paper. Cover it with sugar. If koliva is for memorial, form a cross with cinnamon or almond or pomegranate seeds. If it is for the celebration of a saint, create the form of the saint with cinnamon or natural colors.

Wash the wheat from the previous night and put it in cold water with a little salt in a saucepan to soak. In the morning, rinse the wheat and boil it for 40 minutes. Drain well in the strainer and keep the porridge in bowl. Spread it in a towel and let it dry. Rinse the raisins and dip them for 3 minutes in warm water to soften them. Strain them and dry them in a towel. Then, put the dried wheat and dried raisins in a deep bowl and add one by one the ingredients, except for the breadcrumbs and the sugar.

Remove the pits from cherries with the special tool. Put them in a saucepan with the sugar and water and boil until the syrup thickens. When the mixture is cool, put the cherries in glass jars and pour over syrup as much as needed. Store the rest in bottles, so you can make sour cherry juice.