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Ingredients

Yield: 6-8 servings

  • 1 cup arborio rice or any other short grain rice
  • 1 cup wheat berries
  • 1 cup dried chickpeas
  • 3-5 beef marrow bones, cut into 2 inch pieces crosswise
  • 1 tablespoons plus ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper

For garnish

  • Granulated sugar
  • Ground cinnamon
Main CoursesMeat Cooking ProjectsOvernight ShabbatEastern Europe

Preparation

Step 1

Place the rice, wheat berries, and chickpeas into a large bowl. Completely cover with room temperature water and soak overnight or for at least 8 hours. 

Step 2

Drain the rice, wheat berries and chickpeas and rinse with water. Place the rice, wheatberries and chickpeas into a 4 quart Dutch oven or stainless steel pot. 

Step 3

Preheat the oven to 230° F. 

Step 4

Add the beef marrow bones into a separate pot and cover completely with water. Bring to a boil over high heat and boil the marrow bones for 5 minutes. Drain the bones and rinse them with water. 

Step 5

Add the marrow bones into the pot with the rice, wheat berries and chickpeas. Add the salt and pepper and 10 ½ cups of water into the pot and give the mixture a stir. Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat, skimming any foam that rises to the top. Place a lid on the pot and transfer it into the oven. Cook overnight or for at least 8 hours.

Step 6

Transfer the pot out of the oven. The halim should be a porridge-like consistency. If the mixture is too liquidy you can increase the heat of the oven to 285° F, place the halim back into the oven uncovered and cook for one more hour or until it thickens into a porridge-like consistency.

Step 7

Serve the halim hot. Ayelet sprinkles a bit of sugar and cinnamon on top.