Desserts In cyprus Flashcards
What is Kadayif
It consists of shredded phyllo dough or angel hair known as tel kadayıf mixed with nuts after baking it it’s soaked in cinnamon flavoured sugar syrup and top with additional nuts before serving
What is ekmek kadayıf cypriot bead pudding?
Traditional bread pudding from Ottoman cuisine created to utilise stale bread. one soaks the bottom piece in sugar syrup add the stuffing of noi or anari cheese cinnamon and almonds and then tops with the second soaked piece best served after a day of allowing the flavours to soak consumed at religious holidays
What is sac katmeri pan fried phyllo dough
Sweetened phyllo cooked in a skillet filled with home-made olive oil, sugar and cinnamon a favourite variation spread Kaymak yağı a clotted cream. Another version with olive oil is known as that fellah katmeri meaning peasants version
What is Sini katmeri baked phyllo swirls
This cherished pastry prevalent in villages like lefkoniko and Milia and many more is a staple at social gatherings. The key ingredient is kamakyagi/tsipa a clotted cheese obtained from leaving sheeps, milk and covered overnight to form a battery cream crust. The dough is rolled into the thin layer topped with cinnamon almonds and sugar and rolled into thick spirals after baking. It is generously drenched in cold syrup.
What is Samisi
A fried pastry dough that is filled with sweet semolina paste additionally flavoured with cinnamon and orange blossom water and sprinkled with powdered sugar found at fairs and festival throughout the year best served hot the word samisi means work of Damascus
What is Sammali semolina cake
A variation of Middle Eastern basbousa this sweet cake is baked in the sheet pan and soaked in syrup flavoured with orange blossom water rose water or simple syrup commonly cut into diamond shape or square and has become popular across many cuisines
