Kutia Wigilijna (Polish Christmas Cooked Wheat Pudding)

Ingredients (13)

• 1 cup wheat berries, or kamut berries, rinsed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup poppy seeds
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 4 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 lemon, zested
• 2/3 cup plumped raisins
• 1/2 cup ground walnuts, optional
• 1/2 cup almonds, blanched and coarsely ground, optional
• 5 plumped dried figs, chopped, optional
• 5 plumped pitted dates, chopped, optional
• 1/2 cup half-and-half