December 13 (Saint Lucia) is the custom to eat the Cuccia
A special note, wants Palermo or Syracuse, was hit by a famine that lasted a long time, and Saint Lucia saved the people by landing on the shores of a full load of wheat. Since then, December 13 on the tables of Sicilian bandits are pasta, bread and dairy products.
500 grams of wheat
120 grams of starch
1.5 l milk
200 grams of chocolate
200 g sugar
1.5 kg of fresh ricotta
50 g pumpkin
Put corn in a pot with water for about 3 days. Dissolve the starch in fresh milk and add lemon rind. Put the milk in a bowl with the starch and cook on low heat, stirring occasionally. As soon as it becomes creamy off and add the corn, stirring the whole. Cool and add the chocolate and chopped pumpkin. The Cuccia can be prepared well with the ricotta to be sieved mixing it with sugar.
The cheese may be substituted for milk.
History
The Cuccia is a typical Sicilian dessert originally from Syracuse in 1646 was hit by a terrible famine. At a time of general despair came a ship loaded with grain. It was thought that this event was a miracle of Saint Lucia.
