Ingredients:

4 egg yolks
1 cup milk (250 ml)
1 ½ tablespoon crème fresh (20ml)
½ cup and 1 tablespoon crystal sugar (120gr)
4 cups brown sugar (120gr)
2 tablespoons Greek Coffee (25ml), prepared

Instructions:
Preheat the oven. Beat the egg yolks in the mixer and blend in the rest of the ingredients, excluding the brown sugar.
Pass through a [...]

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Galaktoboureko (γαλακτομπούρεκο ‘milk burek’) (Turkish: Sütlü Börek) is a Greek and Turkish dessert of custardphyllo. It is made in a pan, with phyllo layered on top and underneath, or rolled into individual servings.

2 quarts whole milk
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup cream of wheat (or use 2 cups sugar instead of [...]

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INGREDIENTS:

1 C. butter
3 C. flour
1/3 C. frozen orange juice concentrate
1 C. sugar
1/2 C. water
1 t. cinnamon 4 oz. honey
2 t. baking powder ground walnuts
1/2 t. baking soda

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix the first six ingredients in order given, adding enough sifted flour to make a medium dough that does [...]

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INGREDIENTS:

4 1/4 cups of whole milk

sliced peel of 1 lemon

1 1/4 cups of granulated sugar

3/4 cup of semolina

4 eggs1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

12 sheets of commercial phyllo dough

6 ounces of butter, [...]

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Baklava is probably one of the most recognizable Greek pastries.

2 cups honey
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 tablespoon grated orange rind
1 teaspoon cinnamon
14 philly (filo or fillo) pastry sheets
1 cup butter, melted
2 cups toasted and/or roasted nuts* chopped fine

PREPARATION:
One day in advance:
Bring honey, sugar, water, orange rind, and cinnamon to a boil. Continue boiling [...]

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Loukoumas (Greek λουκουμάς [luku'mas], plural λουκουμάδες loukoumades) or lokma (Turkish [lok'ma]) luqmat al-qadi (Arabic:القمة القادي) is a popular Greek, Turkish, and Middle Eastern/Arabic fried-dough pastry. It is made of deep fried dough coated with sugar syrup or honey and cinnamon, and sometimes sprinkled with crushed almonds or wall nuts.

This pastry is called zvingous or zvingoi [...]

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