Jams And Preserves
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 my [...]
Continue reading about Pantzaria xydata (Cypriot Beet Preserve) and Beetroot Salad with Oranges
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 [...]
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 fruit. The only [...]
Continue reading about Glyko Kydoni me Amygdala (Quince Spoon Sweet)
Elies Tsakistes, (pronounced EliėssTsakistėss)arecrushedgreenoliveswhich 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 olives and put them in [...]
Continue reading about Elies Tsakistes the way we eat them in Cyprus
Just a few days before I was ill I saw this recipe of a Panacotta with caramelized orange peels, by Happy Cook, of my Kitchen Stories. Unfortunately my friend had forgotten to post how she made the caramelized orange peels and left me a note in my last post that she would update the recipe [...]
These two recipes cannot be made during the same period as the spoon sweet is made when the figs are still green and the jam is made when figs are ripe. Actually these ripe fis were not intended to become a fig jam but as I said yesterday, when I went to the farmers’ market [...]
Continue reading about Glyko Sykalaki kai Marmelada Syko (Fig Spoon Sweet and Jam)
2008 Cherries have a remarkably short growing season and in Greece this period is between June and end of July. In Cyprus I remember we could eat cherries, as early as May but by June they were gone. There are a few types of cherries, such as wild cherries, Bind, Lambert, Rainier, Royal Ann and [...]
First of all «Happy Father’s Day» to all the fathers of the world. If my father were alive I am sure he would appreciate this dessert. This recipe was created by me out of nothing. When I saw this week’s Joust ingredients which were apricots butter and ginger the first thing that came to [...]
The method for roasting peppers is the same for any kind of peppers, but I have chosen Piperies Florinis, which are red sweet peppers, named after the prefecture of Florina, where they are cultivated. Before giving my recipe, I wish to explain the easiest method for roasting peppers. There are many ways you can roast [...]
Continue reading about Piperies Florinis (Greek Red Roasted Peppers)
