Golden, buttery layers of crispy phyllo filled with tender spiced apples, walnuts, almonds, and raisins, all finished with a fragrant honey syrup. This recipe came about quite by accident! I had some cooked apples left over from extracting natural pectin for a pomegranate jelly, half a package of phyllo from a tiropita, and a jar … Continue reading Apple Baklava
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Trigona Panoramatos
This Greek dessert hails from Panorama, a suburb of Thessaloniki located up on the hill that overlooks the city. It was invented by a local baker there. Trigona Panoramatos are custard filled phyllo triangle cones that are syrup dipped and they are amazing! For a long time I had believed that the custard was a … Continue reading Trigona Panoramatos
Portokalopita- Greek Orange Cake
Portokalopita is a traditional Greek orange cake. The concept is similar to that of bread pudding, where you make a custard and bake soaked stale bread. However, you use phyllo dough that you dehydrate in the oven, so no flour is needed. It also uses the whole orange, so you will boil that orange in … Continue reading Portokalopita- Greek Orange Cake
Vlitopita Greens Pie
This is a vlitopita! It’s my first time making it. What to do with so much vlita (amaranth plants) that I have? Use some in a pita! So this savory pie is one of the very many Greek pites that we see all over Greece. Everyone knows spanakopita & tiropita. Those are only two! We make hundreds of them! Both sweet & savory.
