Answer: The answer is D.12
One for each of the Apostles
A traditional Ukrainian Christmas dinner is a 12-course meatless feast on Christmas Eve, beginning with Kutia (a sweet wheat berrry porridge) and Uzvar (a dried Fuit Compote).Key dishes include meatless borscht, various dumplings like varenyky/pierogi with fillings like potatoes or sauerkraut, holubtsi (cabbage rolls), and various fish or mushroom dishes.
The menu includes:
Appetizers
- Pickled herring or pickled mushrooms: Often served as an appetizer.
- Mushroom gravy: A common side dish, sometimes served with mashed beans.
- Pampushky: Sweet dough balls, similar to doughnuts.
Soups
- Meatless borscht: A red beet soup served without cream or meat.
- Kapustnyak: An earthy, tangy soup made with cabbage.
Main and side dishes
- Holubtsi: Cabbage rolls stuffed with rice, buckwheat, or vegetables.
- Varenyky/Pierogi: Dumplings filled with various options like potatoes, sauerkraut, or sweet fillings.
- Fish: Since the meal is meatless, fish is often included, such as whitefish or pickled herring.
- Mashed beans: White beans mashed and seasoned with garlic.
- Braised cabbage: Cooked with peas or served in a tomato-based sauce.
- Deruny: Fried potato pancakes.
Desserts and bread
- Kutia: The first dish, a sweet porridge made from wheat or barley, poppy seeds, honey, and nuts.
- Uzvar: A sweet compote made from stewed dried fruits like apples, plums, and pears.
- Kolach: A braided, sweet yeast bread.
- Baked apples.