ANGINARES KAI RIZI AVGOLEMONO Ingredients: 1 bowl of acidulated water 2 lemons, halved 6 medium artichokes, cleaned 1⁄2 cup extra-virgin olive oil 11⁄2 cups snipped fresh dill or wild fennel leaves 1 cup peeled, seeded, and chopped tomatoes (canned are fine) Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 3 cups water 1⁄2 to 1 […]

In our days Cyprus generally speaking, is praised for its Traditionaldairy products. Much more however it prides for their genuineness. In enough villages, until today is maintained with a lot of love and eagerness, the traditional manufacturing of their dairy products. Wherever a Cypriot citizen immigrated permanently, the fame of these products have reached there. […]

Kolokotes are a very much known and popular home made Pastry in Cyprus. People usually make them during the cold days of the winter. I believe they are worth trying, because they are very tasty, nutritious and best of all they are made with all natural ingredients. I don’t thing they are very well known […]

Ingredients: 4 kg plus 4 cups of soft flour (pastry flour) 6 cups of hard flour (bread flour) 6 tsp of salt 4 cups of vegetable shortening 4 cups of sugar 7 cups of warm water 1 level tsp of powder cinnamon 1 level tsp of powder cloves 4 level tsp of crushed anise 1 […]

History of Flaounes: Flaounes is a Cypriot Cheese Pastry which is connected directly to Greek Orthodox Easter. During the Easter feast days, in every Cypriot Greek Orthodox house you happen to visit, from the biggest town to the smallest village, you will come across to Flaounes. Every Cypriot house wife makes more than the family […]

Thaktila is a strictly Cypriot dessert that whoever tried it went back for more. Thaktila recipe has being in every Cypriot house preserved for generations and past on from mother to daughter. You can have it in your list of favorite desserts for making it for your friends and family. Dough ingredients: 3 cups of […]

Ingredients: For Pastry: 2 cups of hard flour (see Types of Flours) 2 cups of soft flour 1/2 a cup of corn oil 1/2 a tsp of salt 1 cup of warm water or as much as needed For the Filling: 1 1/2 cup of semolina 1 1/2 cup of sugar 6 cups of water […]

Ingredients: 1 kilo of potatoes 3 3/4 cups of liquid the potatoes were boiled in 1 kilo of all purpose flour 1 cup of soft flour 2 sachets of yeast (7gr each) Pinch of salt (1/8 of a tsp) Corn oil for frying Syrup ingredients: 3 cups of water 6 cups of sugar 2 tsp […]

Ingredients for the pastry: 6 cups of hard flour 1 cup of soft flour 1 1/2 cup of water or as much as needed 3/4 cup of melted vegetable shortening 1/2 a tsp of salt Ingredients for syrup: 4 cups of sugar 2 cups of water 1 cinnamon stick 2-3 cloves 4 tsp of orange […]

Ingredients: 12 cups of water 7 1/2 heaped tbsp of maize powdered starch (Niseste) ( Skoni Aravositou) 1 1/2 – 2 tbsp of orange blossom water (Anthonero) or rose water (Rothostagma) Sugar Method: Pour 10 cups of water in a sauce pan and heat until it is almost at the boiling stage. In the mean […]