New Year’s Day
Ioannina meat pie
Time: 1,5 - 2 hours
Difficulty: Medium
Greek: Yianniwtiki pita
It’s the traditional New Year’s pie, but they also make it during Greek Halloween
Walnut Cookies
Difficulty: Medium
Season: Winter
Greek: Finikia
Source: GREEK-RECIPE yahoo group. Finikia (walnut cookies) is a variation of melomakarona (christmas honey sweets).
New Year’s Eve Cake (St Basil’s)
Difficulty: Medium
Season: Winter
Greek: Vasilopita
On the New Year’s Eve takes place the ceremony of cutting “St Basil’s cake”, which is solemnly cut open, shortly before midnight, by the head of the house. A coin is put into the cake, and the person receiving the piece which contains the coin, is supposed tobe going to have a lucky year.
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