Category Archives: Dessert

Sweet cheese balls with breadcrumbs (Ukrainian hombovtsi)

If you decide to travel to the Transcarpathian region, don’t miss a chance to try a wonderful dessert with a queer name – hombovtsi. This dish has Hungarian roots and represents ball-size sweets made by kneading and forming cottage cheese. Some recipes also include the addition of different fruits or berries as a...

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Ukrainian Christmas kutia with raisins, poppy seeds, and nuts

Kutia (kutya) is a traditional Ukrainian dish, a sweet grain pudding that is served on Christmas Eve dinner (also known as Svyata Vecherya). Kutia symbolizes fertility and abundance, and it is believed that good luck will come to every home where it is served. The richer in taste kutia is, the more successful and...

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