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Tsoureki is made for Easter in Greece and among the Greek diaspora. [2] It is made from a sweet yeast dough of flour, sugar, eggs, butter and milk, with dyed red Easter eggs pressed into the dough. [9] The dough is brushed with egg wash before baking, and sometimes flavored with mahlep, mastic resin or orange zest.
Koulourakia [a] or Koulouria, [b] or kerkele in Pontic Greek, [1] are a traditional Greek dessert, typically made around Easter [2] to be eaten after Holy Saturday. They are a butter-based pastry, traditionally hand-shaped, with egg glaze on top. They have a sweet delicate flavor with a hint of vanilla.
Greek cuisine is the cuisine of Greece and the Greek diaspora. [1] In common with many other cuisines of the Mediterranean , it is founded on the triad of wheat , olive oil , and wine . [ 2 ] It uses vegetables , olive oil , grains, fish , and meat , including pork , poultry , veal and beef , lamb , rabbit , and goat .
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Terkenlis was founded by Stavros Terkenlis in 1948 in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. [citation needed] The company has remained family-run; [1] its owner and managing director is Pavlos Terkenlis. The oldest of the shops is in central Thessaloniki, in the main square on the corner of Tsimiski Street and Aristotelous Square. Terkenlis has since ...
Vasilopita (Greek: Βασιλόπιτα, Vasilópita, lit.'(St.) Basil-pie' or 'Vassilis pie', see below) is a New Year's Day bread, cake or pie in Greece and many other areas in eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East which contains a hidden coin or trinket which gives good luck to the receiver, like the Western European King Cake.
(ok this is in Turkish maybe a Turk could answer us if this is the kind of corek that the Greek minority in Turkey make for Pascha). Filoi mou, afto tsoureki einai enas Lambrokouloiuras ap' ti Tourkia (ap' ti Poli), i ap' ti Ellada; (and in Greek) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omulurimaru (talk • contribs) 16:17, 5 December 2010
The melomakarono (Greek: μελομακάρονο plural: μελομακάρονα, melomakarona) is an egg-shaped Greek dessert made mainly from flour, olive oil, and honey. [1] Along with the kourabies, it is a traditional dessert prepared primarily during the Christmas holiday season. They are also known as finikia. [2] [3]