I suppose most of you will be surprised seeing eggplants served as a sweet. I know that my Greek friends have eaten or heard of melitzanaki glyko. I had to share with you a twist I made to this traditional recipe, in which I added grenadine, not only for the lovely taste, but also to [...]
Continue reading about Glyko Melitzanaki me Grenadini (Eggplant with Grenadine Spoon Sweet)
It’s been a while since I posted a dessert, not that I don’t have any recipes to post but subconsciously I want to avoid them as much as possible, as I am trying to keep away from them
I have been eating healthier and lighter for the past month, not following any diet but [...]
Continue reading about Mpezedes and Apricot Compote = Apricot Meringue Dessert
I am on a cherry kick right now and try to make some desserts while there are cherries. I just made my first cherry compote and look at it, I just love that deep burgundy color of cherries.
So what’s the difference between spoon sweets or fruit spreads? To begin with spoon [...]
We left quite unexpectedly for a long weekend and went to a nearby island. It was a decision we took on Friday afternoon and we left early on Saturday morning and came back yesterday. We are having really high temperatures here in Athens and until we leave on vacation in August, we shall be [...]
I know that I said last night that I would be posting all the recipes I make in a day but what was I thinking? It’s impossible to follow this idea as If I were to post the pie I made yesterday, how could I explain how I made this new kind of phyllo, when [...]
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I have been preserving beets in vinegar (ξύδι = pronounced ksydi = xydata (in vinegar)) for many years but I have never blogged about it. In most of my recipes with beets, I usually roast or boil more so that I can preserve them and I have used these preserves in a lot of [...]
Continue reading about Pantzaria xydata (Cypriot Beet Preserve) and some salads
I love making spoon sweets and every time I write about one I end up saying that it is my favourite. Each one has a different taste and when raw even if it is bitter like the walnuts or citrus or tasteless like water melon rind, when it is done it is transformed into something [...]
Quince is one of my favourite spoon sweets and I made it three times this year. The first and second time I made it the same way as I had previously posted the recipe and my children loved it.
My son who was coming from Switzerland for the Christmas holidays told me that he wanted some [...]
Continue reading about Glyko Kydoni kai Kastano (Quince and Chestnut spoon sweet)
In Greece and Cyprus we like preserving fruits and you can make what we call glyka tou koutaliou (spoon sweets) with anything you can imagine. Quince is one of my favourites but it was the first time I attempted to make some. The procedure is almost the same for a lot of [...]
Continue reading about Glyko Kydoni me Amygdala (Quince Spoon Sweet)
Elies Tsakistes, (pronounced Eliėss Tsakistėss) are crushed green olives which are harvested when green.
Green olives are usually sold ready to be eaten but if you produce olives and want to make them from scratch, there is a procedure to follow in order that the olives become edible.
First of all you have to crack the [...]
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