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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.
[91] [92] Greek baklava is supposed to be made with 33 filo dough layers, referring to the years of Jesus's life. [70] On the island of Lesbos in Greece a type of baklava is still known as placenta (Greek: πλατσέντα), which is the name of an Ancient Greek pastry that is often seen as the predecessor of baklava. The latter is a baked ...
Bougatsa made in Thessaloniki Preparation of custard bougatsa in an Athens cafe. Traditional Greek bougatsa is prepared from hand-made phyllo dough wrapped around a filling. . After it is baked about 30–35 minutes in the oven, it is cut into small pieces and served hot on a small pl
Each is encased in puff pastry with two exceptions, tyropita kourou (made with flaky short crust) and, from the Sporades islands, strifti, a fried, spiral-shaped filo cheese pie. ... Traditional ...
A phyllo pastry pie with a spinach and cheese filling. Syglino (σύγκλινο) Pork coldcut made in Mani. Tiropita (τυρόπιτα) Tiropita or tyropita is a Greek layered pastry pie with a feta cheese filling. Tomatokeftedes (τοματοκεφτέδες) Tomato fritters. Saganaki (σαγανάκι) Fried cheese.
A popular meal for breakfast is bougatsa provided mainly by bougatsadika shops selling bougatsa, pies, pastries, beverages. Traditional Greek breakfast was also providing in special dairy shops called galaktopoleia (milk shops) [93] [94] have dairy products, milk, butter, yoghurt, sweets, honey, beverages, whereas today galaktopoleia shops ...
Börek [1] [2] or burek is a family of pastries or pies found in Ottoman cuisine. The pastry is made of a thin flaky dough such as filo with a variety of fillings, such as meat, cheese, spinach, or potatoes. A borek may be prepared in a large pan and cut into portions after baking, or as individual pastries.
Greek pastries (16 P) Pages in category "Greek desserts" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.