Kutia (A festive dish served on Christmas Eve on the East of Poland)
- 30 dag wheat-grains
- 1/2 kg poppy seeds
- 5 T honey
- 30 dag sugar
- 10 dag almonds
- 20 dag nuts
- 10 dag raisins
- vanilla-oil
- boiled water
Carefully rinse the grains of wheat, then drain. Measure the volume and pour in a triple volume of water. Cook in the same way as for grits; when the water has soaked into thegrains, put the covered pot with wheat into a gently, preheated oven. Cool. Pour boiling water over the poppy seeds, drain, pour boiling water into the seeds again and leave for a few hours, preferably overnight. After the seeds have swollen, drain them and mince twice or three times. Mix the minced poppy seeds with the honey and sugar dissolved in 1-2 T water. Add washed and sorted raisins, chopped nuts, peeled and chopped almonds, vanilla-oil and cooked wheat. Mix. Leaver in a cool place. If there is some left after Christmas Eve supper, store the kutia in a cool place. Wheat mixed with poppy seeds and other ingredients should not be stored for longer than one day since it hardens and turns rancid when mixed with sugar and honey.
Enjoy
EDIT: (MrMazda 2010-12-14) - Corrected list tags