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Ukrainian Halloween Dumplings

Ukraine’s own spooky season: St Andrew’s Eve with a kalyta to bite without hands, fortune-telling varenyky, devil’s horns, poppy seed cookies against witches, a pumpkin for an unwanted suitor and garlic salo against vampires.

Fortune-Telling Varenyky — the finished dish
Dumplings

Fortune-Telling Varenyky

Potato and mushroom varenyky with edible 'fortunes' hidden in a few — cherry, dill, walnut, buckwheat — for St Andrew's Eve or Malanka fortune-telling.

Hands-on time: 1 h 35 min plus waiting time: +30 min Difficulty: Medium