Desserts
Daktyla kyrion (meaning ladies fingers) is one of the most known Cypriot pastry desserts and a speciality offered during the pre-lenten period called «Sikoses» in Cyprus. Pounded almonds are mixed with cinnamon, sugar and blossom water and the filling is wrapped in thin phyllo. It is then fried and bathed in an aromatic syrup [...]
Blogging is wonderful and you get to know new people with different cultures, you cook their food and learn so much from them. I have learnt so much since I’ve started blogging and met some amazing people and you my friends are among them. As time passes we get closer and these friends are just [...]
Last week my sister visited me from Cyprus and I wanted to make a dessert but since I’ve been trying to eat lighter I decided to make something, not so «sinful». I also wanted to use mastic gum, since I am hosting this month’s event Think Spice.. Think Twice: Fennel Seeds and Mastic Gum and [...]
Why would I by posting a Nectarine Cake in the middle of winter? Nectarine is a medium-sized stone fruit – a variety of peaches or a mutation of the peach bearing fruit - (Prunus persica) with a smooth red and yellow skin, firm yellowish-pink flesh and a peachy flavour with undertones of almond. Commonly showcased [...]
Amygdala is the name of almonds in Greek and this dessert is called Amygdalota “all almonds”. There are a few versions either baked or not. These desserts are traditionally made in theGreek islands, shaped liked small pears with a clove inserted on the top and showered with confectioners’ sugar. I did not follow the traditional [...]
My husband started doing the shopping when he realized that when I was with him we ended up with a huge bill. He usually goes to our neighbourhood supermarket where we can get all we need but in order to get some unusual ingredients we have to go to one of the big chain supermarkets [...]
Oranges and Lemons Poem Oranges and lemons Say the bells of St Clement’s You owe me five farthings Say the bells of St Martin’s When will you pay me? Say the bells of Old Bailey When I grow rich Say the bells of Shoreditch When will that be? Say the bells of Stepney I’m sure [...]
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I have been told by some friends again that I am still having problems with my site, as I also had with the previous post. Although viewing it with Firefox I have no problem, I tried viewing my site with Internet Explorer and my post is mixed up with previous posts and code. When I [...]
One of the things Switzerland is famous of is Chocolates and of course I couldn’t resist buying a lot. I have been experimenting with making chocolates during the past months but I haven’t posted any recipe yet as I was planning to post them before Christmas. The best of the chocolates I bought in Switzerland [...]
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It’s not the kind of thing we think of every day-eating roses, that is. Yet, the noble rose has had a place in our kitchen for eons, tantalizing, seducing, intoxicating people more than any other flower. Roses, which were used as a seasoning, were sold by the roadside in fourth-century BC in Athens. In ancient [...]
