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New Year’s Eve cake (2)

Time: 1,5 hour

Difficulty: Medium

Greek: Vassilopita

Recipe is from aunt Julie’s recipe book

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Melomakarona

Serves/Yields: approx. 80 pieces

Difficulty: High

Season: Winter

Greek: Melonakarona tis Sias

Author’s note: These cakes are traditionally served at Christmas. Unlike other recipes for melomakarona, these are soft and not dipped into syrup. Syrup is poured over them.

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Sugared Almonds

Difficulty: Medium

Season: All seasons

Greek: Amigdalota

Traditional recipe from Sikaminia and Molivos, the beautiful villages of Lesvos island. Recipe is taken on the Christmas bazaar of Molyvos (2013)

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Melomakarona

Serves/Yields: 48 servings

Season: Winter

Greek: Melomakarona

Author’s note: These cakes are traditionally served at Christmas.
This recipe comes from my neighbor, Andonia. I have a distinct
memory of her beating the oil and sugar into the flour until it
dissolved using her middle finger and forefinger as a beater –
though a spoon will do.

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Kourabiedes Greek Christmas Butter Cookies

Difficulty: Medium

Season: Winter

Greek: Kourabiedes

(Source:http://jaynes-greek-recipes.4t.com). Kourabiedes and melomakarona are the most popular Greek Sweets cooked on Christmas.

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Lemon tree flower spoon sweet

Time: 2,5 hour

Difficulty: High

Season: Spring

Greek: Anthos lemoniou

From Nikos Lymberopoulos, a friend of greek-recipe.com. This sweet is best eaten accompanying your afternoon Greek/Turkish coffee, just after your siesta.

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