A great accompaniment for tea and coffee or a nice cold glass of homemade lemonade! Ingredients: 250 gr. unsalted butter or spry 2 cups sugar (1/2 of which is icing sugar) 6 eggs 1.5 cup orange juice plus grated orange peel 1/4 cup cognac/brandy 1/2cup milk 3 cups sifted plain flour (in Cyprus – Farina 00) […]

In Greek: λαχανοντολμάδες ορφανά, pronounced lah-hah-no-dol-MAH-thes or-fah-NAH The word “orphana” means “orphaned” and in Greek cooking, usually means a dish that can be made with meat, but in this case is made without. Cabbage is a favorite winter food, and this meatless recipe is delightful and a Lenten favorite. These cabbage rolls are delicious as […]

Ingredients: 12 md. globe artichokes 1 slice lemon 3 tbsp. flour (optional) 1/2 cup chopped scallions, whites only 1/4 cup olive or other oil 1 lemon, juice of 3 cups water Salt Freshly ground white pepper 2 tbsp. finely chopped dill 3 tsp. cornflour Cold water 2 eggs Chopped dill, for garnish Method: Wash artichokes […]

Makes two 12-inch round loaves For the starter: 1 teaspoon active dry yeast 1 cup warm water 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour For the dough: 8 to 10 cups all-purpose flour, as needed 1 cup sugar Salt 3⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 11⁄2 cups warm water, or more if necessary 1⁄2 cup ouzo 11⁄2 cups […]

Ingredients: 2 cups of flour (or more) 1/2 tsp of baking powder 2 tsp of corn starch 6 tbsp of Cognac 1/2 lb of unsalted butter 1/2 cup of sugar 2 eggs 2 cups of caned apricots 4 dried figs 1/3 of cup raisins Rind from 1 orange 1 cup of apricot jam 1 tbsp […]

Ingredients: 3/4 of a cup soft unsalted butter (room temperature) 1/2 a cup of sugar 2 egg yolks 1 3/4 cup of all-purpose flour 1/2 a cup of fruit jams of different kinds Method: In a large enough bowl add the butter, sugar and the egg yolks. Using a wooden spoon mix well to combine […]

Dough Ingredients: 2 1/2 cup of fine semolina 1/2 a cup of flour 1 cup of olive oil 1 pack of unsalted butter 1 cup of sugar 1/4 cup of brandy or cognac 1/4 cup of fresh orange juice 2 tbsp of orange zest 1 tsp of baking soda Syrup Ingredients: 1 cup of honey […]

Ingredients: 2 kilos of flour 1 tsp of salt 2 tbsp of dry yeast 1 cup of lukewarm warm water 1 cup of warm red dry wine 1/2 a cup of olive oil 1/2 a cup of orange juice 1/4 cup of brandy 2 tsp of grated orange zest 1 1/2 cup of sugar (1 […]

Custard Ingredients: 4 cups of milk 3/4 cups of corn flour or semolina 4 eggs beaten 1/2 cups of sugar 1 tsp of vanilla essence Syrup Ingredients: 2 cups of sugar 1 1/2 cups of water 1 thin strip of lemon rind 1 Piece of cinnamon stick 3 tsp of lemon juice 4-5 cloves ~ […]

Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups of flour for all uses 3 tsp of baking powder 1/2 tsp of powder cinnamon 1/4 tsp of powder carnation 1/4 tsp of nutmeg 1/2 tsp of salt 1/4 tsp of powder vanilla 1/2 cup of unsalted butter 3/4 cup of brown sugar (crude) 2 eggs 3/4 cup of milk 1/2 […]