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Pages in category "Greek desserts" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Amygdalopita; B. Baklava;
Greek version of nougat; found everywhere in Greece, but specially made on the Heptanese. Melomakarona (μελομακάρονα) "Honey macaroons" which are cookies soaked in a syrup of diluted honey (μέλι or meli in Greek, thus melo-makarona), then sprinkled with crushed walnuts. Typically baked for Easter and Christmas.
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Koulourakia [a] or Koulouria, [b] or kerkele in Pontic Greek, [1] are a traditional Greek dessert, typically made around Easter [2] to be eaten after Holy Saturday. They are a butter-based pastry, traditionally hand-shaped, with egg glaze on top. They have a sweet delicate flavor with a hint of vanilla.
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The name comes from the Byzantine Greek πογάτσα (pogátsa), from the ancient Roman pānis focācius, literally "hearth bread"; cf. Italian focaccia. [5] It may have had a classical origin in the Ancient Greek/Roman placenta cake. A similar dessert is still known as placenta (Greek: πλατσέντα) on the island of Lesbos in Greece.
Greek loukoumádes served at a pub in Melbourne, Australia. The recipe for Luqmat al-Qadi, yeast-leavened dough boiled in oil and doused in honey or sugar syrup with rosewater, dates back to at least the early medieval period and the 13th-century Abbasid Caliphate, where it is mentioned in several of the existent cookery books of the time.
Diples are a typical dessert in the Peloponnese and are also served at weddings and at New Year's celebrations. [4] Another form uses an iron mould dipped in diples batter and cooked in cooking oil until the diples separates from the mould. It is topped with syrup, crushed walnuts, and cinnamon.