a risotto-like dish called farrotto.
The Wheat Family
Relationships in the wheat family are
complicated and still the subject of
scholarly argument. Here is one plausible
version of the family tree. Those wheats
whose grains are enclosed in adhering
papery husks are noted as “hulled”; all the
rest are hullless and are therefore much
easier to prepare for cooking or milling.
Wheats in common use today are
highlighted in bold type.
Wild einkorn
(diploid; hulled;
Triticum monococcum
boeticum)
Cultivated einkorn
(diploid; hulled; T.
monococcum
monococcum)
A wild wheat, Triticum urartu + a
goatgrass, Aegilops speltoides