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Greek Xmas Melomakarona Recipe

Greek Xmas Melomakarona Recipe

Ingredients:

Melomakarona Recipes

150 ml olive oil
80 g sugar
4 tablespoons brandy
juice of 1 orange
½ teaspoon cinnamon
400 g self-raising flour
pinch of salt
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Syrup:

1 teacup honey
120 g sugar
150 ml water

Topping:

2 teaspoons cinnamon
170 g shelled walnuts, coarsely chopped

Instructions:

Melomakarona are made by all Greek families in the week preceding Christmas.

Beat the oil and sugar well, add the brandy, orange juice and cinnamon and blend.

Sift the flour with a pinch of salt and the soda and add it gradually into the oil and sugar mixture, mixing it with a spoon.

Knead the dough well for about 10 minutes. If too sticky, add 1-2 tablespoons more flour and mix it well. Knead until it feels soft and pliable.

Flour your hands and take egg-sized portions of dough.

Roll and shape them into small oval shapes.

Place on an unbuttered baking sheet, and flatten them with the palm of your hand.

Bake in a pre-heated oven, gas no. 4/ 350 grades F/ 180 grades C), for 25 minutes.

Let them cool and harden for 24 hours before dipping them in the honey syrup.

Prepare the syrup by mixing in a saucepan the honey, sugar and water. Bring slowly to the boil, skim with a spoon, then simmer for 4-5 minutes.

Dip the cold melomakarona in the hot syrup, three or four at a time only.

Let them stand for 1 minute and take them out with a slotted spoon.

Place on a decorative platter and immediately sprinkle with a little cinnamon and chopped walnuts.

If they are not consumed during the next 3-4 days they should be kept in airtight tins, like biscuits.
Allow two melomakarona per person

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Baklava Greek Sweet Recipe

Baklava Greek Sweet Recipe

Ingredients:

Baklave Greek sweet

1 lb filo pastry
7/8 lb almonds (ground)
2 tsp cinnamon
A pinch of clove
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 cup thyme honey
lemon juice
2 tsp vanilla

Instructions:

Mix the almonds, cinnamon and clove.

Butter a pan and place 4 buttered sheets of Filo.

Spread a thin layer of the mix and then two more sheets of Filo. Repeat until you have 4 sheets left, which you use for the top layer.

Cut the baklava in squares, all the way to the bottom of the pan.

Top with the remaining butter and bake in medium oven for about 45 minutes.
Mix the sugar, honey, vanilla, lemon juice and 1 – 1/2 cup of water in a pot and boil for 5 minutes. Remove any froth off the top and pour over the baklava.

Serve cold.

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Loukoumades (dumplings) Recipe

Loukoumades (dumplings) recipe

Ingredients: 

Loukoumades Greek Donuts

4 tsp yeast
2 cups flour
1 short tsp salt
Oil
Thyme honey
Cinnamon
Sesame seeds

Instructions:

Thin the yeast in 1/2 cup of warm water. Mix the flour with the salt and put it in a deep ball.

Add the yeast and an extra cup of warm water and mix well until you make a uniform thin paste. Cover and leave in the shade for 1 – 1/2 hours until it rises and forms bubbles under the surface.

Heat the oil in a deep frying pan and pour your mix in, one large spoonful at a time.

The mix will form round dumplings.

Remove them with a strainer/ladle when they darken a little.

Pour honey over them, cinnamon and the sesame seeds.

Loukoumades Greek Donuts Recipe, Done!

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