Christmas Eve in Czech Silesia
Christmas Eve in the Hlučín Region
Hlučínsko belonged to Prussia until 1920, and its Christmas Eve — vilija — was a full fast day. Supper was pea soup, semolina, porridge, cabbage with butter and dried pears in water, with the Christmas sauce called brija or maczka: fried vegetables, plum butter, nuts, almonds, raisins, gingerbread and spices, eaten with vánočka. Wafers with honey came last; carp arrived only later, in the better-off homes.
Try it at home
Make a Silesian Christmas sauce: simmer grated gingerbread with plum butter, raisins, chopped nuts and a splash of beer, and eat it with sweet bread.
More Christmas Eves nearby
- Christmas Eve in Opava Silesia
- Christmas Eve in Těšín Silesia (Těšínsko)
- Czech Christmas Eve, hour by hour