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Cuccìa (Sicilian pronunciation: [kʊtˈtʃiːa]) is a primarily Sicilian dish containing boiled wheatberries and sugar, which is eaten on December 13, the feast day of Saint Lucy, the patron saint of Syracuse. The dish is consumed in Sicily and in isolated pockets of southern Italy, as well as their communities abroad. It commemorates the relief from a food shortage in Sicily and the unexpected arrival of a cargo of wheat, which tradition says arrived in the port of Palermo on Saint Lucy's Feast in 1646. According to custom, bread should not be eaten on December 13; cuccìa should be the only source of wheat, and the primary source of nourishment for the day.
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Sources : eAmbrosia, le registre de l’UE des indications géographiques (noms, type, dates d’enregistrement) ; liste nationale des Produits agroalimentaires traditionnels du ministère italien de l’agriculture, révision du 11 mars 2025 ; Fondation Slow Food, Sentinelles en Sicile ; textes et images de Wikipédia (CC BY-SA). Mis à jour le 12 septembre 2026.