You do not have to think hard what to do when you have a lot of walnuts. What better than a traditional Walnut Cake, which will bring back memories of good old times….
Ingredients:
2 cups of semolina
1 cup of flour
3 tablespoons of baking powder
1 cup of crushed walnuts
1 cup of ground walnuts
1 tablespoonful [...]
Although I have already given a few recipes for spoon sweets I forgot to mention how we know if the syrup is ready. It is very important for spoon sweets that the syrup has the proper density.
If we have doubts and don’t know if the syrup is ready this is what we should do.
For spoon [...]
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Galaktompoureko is possibly the king of sweets for many in Greece. Fabulous cream, rich and consistent. The heavy cream lies in the middle in between thin layers of crispy phyllo and is bathed in syrup. Pure energy. One could survive only by eating exclusively this delicacy.
In Greece our grandmother used to say that you cannot [...]
This syrup can be used for all sweets made with phyllo pastry but you can also use it to wet sponge cakes as well. In some cases it can be mixed with honey as well.
It is usually flavoured with cinnamon, cloves and lemon peel. In some recipes blossom water is added.
Ingredients
2 parts of sugar
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