Sweet Poppy Seed Filling

Name: Sweet Poppy Seed Filling
Cuisine: Ukraine
Ingredients: 2 cups poppy seeds; ½ teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon ground mace or freshly grated nutmeg; ¼ teaspoon ground mace or freshly grated nutmeg; ¼ cup orange blossom honey (plus more for serving); 2 tablespoons freshly grated orange zest for serving

Iz posolodzhenoho maku

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Ukrainian Cookbook

By Annette Ogrodnik Corona

Published 2020

About

I love varenyky stuffed with sweetened ground poppy seeds and I only serve them on special occasions. My version is laced with orange blossom honey and mace. To serve, drizzle with a little more orange blossom honey, a scattering of fresh orange zest, and a dusting of confectioners’ sugar.

Ingredients

2 cups poppy seeds
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon

Europe
Ukraine
Eastern Europe
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Bring 3 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in the poppy seeds and then remove the pan from the stove. Let the mixture sit for about 20 minutes.

Thoroughly drain the poppy seeds and grind very fine in a food processor. Put the ground poppy seeds in a medium bowl and stir in the s