This recipe is provided by a friend of Greek-Recipe.com, Nikos Lymberopoulos. He enjoys cooking as much as we do and every year he follows this recipe to prepare the traditional New Year’s Eve cake (aka Vasilopita). This one has the scent of Tsoureki (Easter bread) because it has Mahlep.
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Traditional Vasilopita with mahlep and mastic
Serves/Yields: 2 rounded baking pans of 25 - 30 cm diameter
Time: 3 hours
Difficulty: Medium
Season: Winter
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Time: 1,5 hour
Difficulty: Medium
Greek: Vassilopita
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Serves/Yields: 6 persons
Difficulty: Medium
Season: Autumn/Winter
Greek: Soupa broccolo
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Melomakarona
Serves/Yields: approx. 80 pieces
Difficulty: High
Season: Winter
Greek: Melonakarona tis Sias
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Difficulty: Medium
Season: Winter
Greek: Kourabiedes
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Lemon tree flower spoon sweet
Time: 2,5 hour
Difficulty: High
Season: Spring
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Difficulty: High
Season: All seasons
Greek: Ekmek Kataifi
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