Cypriot food - Cypriot Sweet

Cypriot food

Η κυπριακή κουζίνα επηρεασμένη από τη Μέση Ανατολή και τη Μικρά Ασία πρόσθεσε αμέτρητες εξωτικές γεύσεις που κάνουν την κουζίνα της, μία από τις δημοφιλέστερες και πλουσιότερες του κόσμου.

Food

Moussaka

Ingredients: Aubergines (eggplant), courgettes, potatoes, olive, onions, minced (beef, lamb or pork), tomatoes, or tin of tomatoes, cinnamon, salt , pepper, rigani.

Mezedes

For centuries, Cypriots have accompanied their drinks with meze – a large selection of delicacies consisting of many dishes with small helpings of delicious foods.Meze are a traditional feature of religious feast days, birthdays, weddings and name days..
Served all over Cyprus,mezedes cover a broad range of some the best of local cuisine and can include up to 20 dishes

Eggs with vegetables

Ingredients: Vegetable, eggs, asparagus, wild greens, spinach, olive oil, Salt, Pepper.

Koupepia

Ingredients: vine leaves, onions, pork mince, tomatoes, tomato juice, rice, lemon juice, Half bunch parsley, finely chopped, parsley, Mint, olive oil, Salt, Pepper.

Lountza Dried in the Sun or Smoked

Ingredients: Pork loin, Salt, Pepper, Crushed coriander

Pie with Anari Cheese

Ingredients: anari cheese, Cinnamon, sugar, Rosewater, butter, honey

Sheflalies

Ingredients: minced pork, Salt, Pepper, Cinnamon, onion, parsley, breadcrumbs, panna (caul fat).

Souvlaki , or Pork Kebab

Ingredients: pork without bone (cut in cubes), Salt.

Trachanas Soup

Ingredients: trachana (cracked wheat in soured milk), Halloumi, cheese, Salt.

Pork Afelia

Ingredients: pork, Salt, Pepper, Crushed coriander, wine, oil.

Village Salad

Ingredients: Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Celery, Green peppers, Olives, Olive oil, Salt, Feta cheese.

Grilled Halloumi Cheese

Ingredients: halloumi cheese.

Cypriot Sweet

A delightful local custom is to welcome guests with the traditional preserved fruit known as “glyko” (sweet) or “gluko tou koutaliou”(sweet of the spoon). Glyko may be prepared using almost any available fruit in season, and even occasionally with some kinds of vegetables.

Glyko - Sweet

Glyko figs

Ingredients: figs, sugar, cloves, vanilla

Glyko pears

Ingredients: small pears, peeled almonds, lemon juice, sugar, vanilla

Glyko grape

Ingredients: grapes, sugar, lemon juice, vanilla, almonds cut in four.

Glyko Orange

Ingredients: oranges, sugar, vanilla, lemon juice.

Glyko Apple

Ingredients: small apples, sugar, almonds, vanilla

Glyko Karydaki

Ingredients: fresh walnuts, Lemon juice, sugar, Cinnamon sticks, Cloves.

Glyko Karpouzi

Ingredients: watermelon rind, Lemon juice, sugar, Vanilla.

Kiefterka

A thick, jelly type sweet made from boiled grape juice thickened with a little flour and then dried in the sun. It flavored with rose water, cinnamon and mastic.

Soutzoukos

Soutzoukos is a traditional sweet made from a thick creamy mixture known as “moustalevria”. The mix is made from the boiled juice of grapes and a little flour, flavoured with rosewater,cinnamon and mastic. Almonds are threaded onto a special string that is consecutively dipped into the moustalevria and dried in the sun until the layers build up to produce a long roll approximately one inch in diameter. It is then dried in the sun for several days after which it can be kept for months.

Loukoumades Recipe

Ingredients: flour, mashed potato, Oil, Syrup.

Ladies' Fingers (Daktyla)

Ingredients: Dough: flour, oil, salt, Lemon.