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Uzvar (Dried fruit compote) – Popular Ukrainian Christmas drink

Posted on January 3, 2019September 23, 2024 by admin

Christmas is coming and I encourage you to cook the traditional Ukrainian drink uzvar that has a very simple yet refined recipe including fruits and berries that grow in almost every Ukrainian garden) In olden times, uzvar symbolized a good life: fruits meant fertility, while honey meant a sweet life. What exactly is uzvar? Uzvar […]

Sweet grain pudding with raisins and walnuts

Ukrainian Christmas kutia with raisins, poppy seeds, and nuts

Posted on January 3, 2018September 23, 2024 by admin

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 prosperous will […]