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Sweet wheat berry porridge, also made with chocolate, walnuts, pomegranate seeds, candied orange or lemon peel, vin cotto, cinnamon, several variations, common during the Santa Lucia holiday on December 21

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Cuccìa Santa Lucia (recipe) - Luca's Italy

Find out how Sicilians celebrate December 13, the feast of Santa Lucia with this show-stopping dessert. And it's very easy to make into the bargain...

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Sicilian porridge

This recipe is a staple on the 13th of December, alongside the Arancine! Preparing the Sicilian Cuccia is very simple, and usually the most time consuming thing is the preparation of the wheat that...

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Recipe for La Cuccia – A Santa Lucia Dessert

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Cuccia (Sicilian Wheatberry and Ricotta Porridge) Recipe

Italian desserts don't get much simpler than cuccia, a rice pudding–like mixture of chewy, nutty wheatberries suspended in creamy sweetened ricotta. I like it best served the way my mother made it, beneath a dusting of cinnamon and curls of shaved chocolate...

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Christmas in Calabria: Festa di Santa Lucia + Cuccia Recipes - Dream of Italy

Although she was born in Sicily, Santa Lucia is adored by Calabrians who created prayers and proverbs in her honor. They take Festa di Santa Lucia very seriously. Read on to explore the history of this sacred day...

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Catholic Cuisine: Cuccia - St. Lucy Wheat

Cuccia is a traditional cooked wheat dish, served only on St. Lucy's day in Sicilian households. Santa Lucia is honored in every town in Sic.....

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Grano dolce - Dessert of sweet wheat, chocolate, grapes and pomegranate

Sweet wheat or Grano Dolce is a healthy dessert made with fresh fruit, whole wheat grains and chocolate...

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Ricetta Cuccia Dolce | Buonissimo Ricette

La cuccia è un dolce siciliano che si prepara con il frumento ammollato in acqua e mescolandolo a ricotta e frutta candita. Ecco i passaggi della ricetta...

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Ricetta della cuccìa siciliana di Santa Lucia | Dolci Siciliani

La ricetta della cuccìa di Santa Lucia, dolce al cucchiaio a base di grano tipico della pasticceria siciliana che si usa consumare il giorno di Santa Lucia...

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Colva pugliese | Buttalapasta

Il 2 novembre la tradizione pugliese, soprattutto quella di Foggia e Barletta, vuole che si prepari questo dolce a base di grano cotto, uva, fichi secchi, noci e mandorle...

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Ricetta cuccìa - il dolce per Santa Lucia

Dolce tipico della cucina siciliana. A Palermo viene preparato per il giorno di Santa Lucia, però si può mangiare sempre...

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Ricetta Cuccìa - Cucchiaio d'Argento

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