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In modern Greece and Cyprus, sesame seed candy is still baked and called pasteli (παστέλι). It is generally a flat, oblong bar made with honey and often including nuts. Though the modern name pasteli is of Italian origin. [6] On the island of Rhodes, a similar candy exists and is called melekouni (μελεκούνι). [7]
Pasteli (παστέλι) Pasteli are sesame seed candy made from sesame seeds, sugar or honey pressed into a bar. Platseda (πλατσέδα) Traditional sweet pie (twisted-pie with nuts & honey) of Lesbos. Rizogalo (ρυζόγαλο) Literally meaning 'rice-milk', this is the Greek version of rice pudding. Commonly sprinkled with cinnamon.
Huangqiao Sesame Cake – a sesame-seed cake [15] that originated from Huangqiao town in Taixing, Jiangsu. [16] It has been speculated to be one of the oldest cakes in the Taizhou region of China. [17] Sesame-seed candy – a confection of sesame seeds and sugar or honey pressed into a bar or ball, it is popular from the Middle East through ...
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Many dishes can be traced back to ancient Greece: lentil soup, fasolada (though the modern version is made with white beans and tomatoes, both New World plants), tiganites, retsina (white or rosé wine flavored with pine resin) and pasteli (baked sesame-honey bar); some to the Hellenistic and Roman periods: loukaniko (dried pork sausage); and ...
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 ).
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[23] [24] However, the recipe there is for a filling of nuts and honey, with a top and bottom layer of honey and ground sesame similar to modern pasteli or halva, and no dough, certainly not a flaky dough. [25] Another recipe for a similar dessert is güllaç, a dessert found in Turkish cuisine and considered by some as the origin of baklava. [26]