Traditional and contemporary Greek holiday recipes, Greek Christmas recipes, Greek New Year’s Recipes
Vasilopita is a must-have for any Greek New Year’s celebration. It also makes the world’s BEST French toast, not to mention bread pudding. 2 teaspoons mahlepi* ½ cup of water 1 teaspoon mahlepi seeds 1 1/2 cups, plus 1tsp. sugar 1 tsp. mastic crystals* 2 cups / 440 ml milk 2 packets active dry...
Yield: 4 dozen Shapes: buttons, about 1 ½ in./ 4 cm in diameter; small oblong fingers, about 2 in./ 5 cm long; hearts; diamonds; crescents 8 oz./ 228 g blanched almonds 8 oz. / 225 g unsalted butter, at room temperature 2 large egg yolks 15 oz. / 440 g Confectioner’s sugar 1 tsp....
About 30 pieces 1 pound/500 g. very good quality unsalted butter (preferably sheep’s-milk butter) 2/3 cup extra-virgin Greek olive oil 10 cups coarsely chopped walnuts or blanched almonds, or a mixture of both 3 cups zwieback or other unsweetened biscuit crumbs, such as Greek frigania or Melba toasts 2 pounds/1 kilo commercial phyllo...
Traditional sweets like kourambiedes and melomakarona, the almond shortbread cookies and honey-walnut cookies, respectively, that are part of the Greek holiday table are among the specialties you will find in these pages, but so are contemporary holiday desserts, a few breads, and more. Remember, ring in the New Year with a Greek Vasilopita, St....
I never thought I would hear myself say this: The Greeks did it first! In this case, the “first” isn’t some scientific or philosophical or social eureka moment; it’s the very mundane but healthy tradition of baking with olive oil, even for holidays like Christmas, when, elsewhere in western cuisine, butter burrows in every...
Makes 125 to 130 Pieces 3 cups extra virgin Greek olive oil 1 cup sugar, plus 1 teaspoon 1 cup water ½ cup orange juice 1 tablespoon soda 9 cups all-purpose flour For the Syrup 2 cups Greek honey 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1 cinnamon stick Juice and 1 strip of zest...
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