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Finikia. 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]
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.
A casserole dish, traditional pastitsada recipe features spicy veal, beef or poultry. Pizza (πίτσα) The Greek version usually contains black olives, feta cheese, tomatoes, peppers and onions. Soutzoukakia Smyrneika (σουτζουκάκια σμυρνέικα) Spicy oblong meatballs with cumin and garlic served in tomato sauce.
This recipe has won my dad baking contests at his office and has been the talk of every Greek holiday party we've ever attended. I'm telling you, this is the real deal.
The arrival of Greek refugees from Asia Minor and Constantinople in the early 20th century brought also Anatolian and Constantinopolitan elements in the cuisine of the region. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Some current specialties are trahanas with crackling, filo -based pies (cheese, leek, spinach) and meat plates (such as pork, wild boar and buffalo ).
Smyrna meatballs, known as soutzoukakia Smyrneika (Greek: σουτζουκάκια σμυρναίικα) or İzmir köfte , is a Greek and Turkish dish of spicy oblong meatballs with cumin and garlic served in tomato sauce. This dish was brought to Greece by refugees from Asia Minor. [1] [2]
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 loukoumádes served at a pub in Melbourne, Australia. The recipe for Luqmat al-Qadi, yeast-leavened dough boiled in oil and doused in honey or sugar syrup with rosewater, dates back to at least the early medieval period and the 13th-century Abbasid Caliphate, where it is mentioned in several of the existent cookery books of the time.