GREEK SWEETS

                                                GREEK SWEETS

 

Greek sweets are famously decadent and delicious.  There are a number of sweets that remind us of bygone days.

 

OLD LADY’S HAIR is a tremendous treat that is also known as cotton candy, fairy floss and candy floss.  No matter what you call it there is no denying that this spun sugary delight conjures images of childhood joy.

LOUKOUMADES is a heavenly fried dough served warm with honey, chopped walnuts and cinnamon.

 

GALAKTOBOUREKO is a divine custard baked in phyllo pastry.

BACLAVA is a phyllo pastry, filled with chopped nuts and drizzled with syrup or dusted with icing sugar as is done in the Ionian Islands.

MELOMACARONA are made with flour, orange juice, olive oil, orange zest, nuts shaped into patties and baked and drizzled with syrup of honey.

KOURABIEDES signify the beginning of the Christmas season, like melomakarona and are sugar-dusted butter biscuits.

DIPLES to prepare this dessert, dough is rolled out thinly, cut into strips, fried in olive oil, drained on kitchen paper, drizzled with honey and sprinkled with chopped nuts.

BOUGSATSA comes in sweet and savoury variants. This phyllo pie, commonly filled with custard cream or cheese and is particularly popular in northern Greece.

 

REVANI is a delicious cake made with semolina and yogurt and drizzled with a lemony syrup. Serve with ice cream.

 

HALVA three types of halva are popular in Greece.  Semolina halva, tahini halva and halva Pharsalon.  Semolina halva is flavoured with cinnamon and cloves and is made with raisins, nuts and sugar. Tahini halva is a vegan delicious cake with chocolate, pistachios and other nuts.

 

PORTOCALOPITA. The flavour of oranges blends perfectly with the aroma of cinnamon in this syrup drizzled cake,

KATAIFI is a shredded pastry cut in fine strands is bought and made into sweet and savoury dishes. 

  

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