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Tastiest ever almond & raisin cookies
These crunchy tasty biscuits inspired by Italian cantucci or biscotti are easy to make and they can be stored for several weeks. You can...
Very Berry Muffins with Granola
Ingredients (12 muffins):
150 grams Lurpak unsalted butter
1 Tbs lemon zest*
190 grams granulated sugar Foodsaver
50 grams soft brown sugar*
1 tsp vanilla extract*
2 large eggs*
300 grams...
Chocolate Poke Cake
Ingredients for the cake
75 grams cocoa powder
1 Tbs instant coffee granules
125 ml hot water
200 grams sour cream
90 ml milk
95 grams unsalted butter
90 ml sunflower...
Mocha Semifreddo
Ingredients:
160 grams butter cookies
½ cup roasted almonds, coarsely ground
100 grams Philadelphia style cream cheese
400 grams sweetened condensed milk
3 Tbs instant coffee granules
3 Tbs hot...
Pop corn “cake”
Ingredients
For the white mixture:
1 microwavable pop corn sachet with butter flavor or only 6% fat
250 gr unsalted butter
20 large marshmallows white...
Tiramisu sponge fingers with banana ice cream
Ingredients
500 ml (2 cups) of cream
100 g (1 cl rather than 1 tablespoon) icing sugar
1 spoon (3 tablespoons) Amaretto liqueur
1...
Carrot-banana cake with almonds
Ingredients
225 g grated carrots
225 g (1 cup + 1 tablespoon) sugar
6 eggs separated
350 g ground almond (not greyish - about...
Pecan pie with chocolate glaze
By chef Louis Papageorgiou
Ingredients
200 g (1 cup) sugar
120 ml (1/2 cup) extra virgin olive oi
2 eggs
100 g (2/3 cups) flour for all uses
1 teaspoon...
Panna cotta with fruits
By chef Christos Christodoulou
Ingredients
½ cup milk
1 sachet of gelatin
½ litre (2 cups) of cream
1 strip of lemon peel (the yellow part only)
1 cinnamon stick
3...
Christmas cookies
By chef Christos Potsidis
Ingredients
200gr. flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
125gr. butter at room temperature
6 tablespoons of sugar
1 large egg (separate the egg...
Orange mousse
By chef Christos Christodoulou
Ingredients
1 cup (250 ml) of milk
1 cup (250 ml) of cream + 2 cups, additionally (for whipped cream)
4...
Puff pastry apple tart
By chef Marios Hadjiosif
Ingredients:
1 ready-made puff pastry leaf (with butter)
Flour
10 medium green apples, peeled and cut into very thin slices
16 tablespoons of sugar
60 g...
Yogurt cake with almonds and honey syrup
Ingredients:
250gr. unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 tbsps. Lemon juice & 3 tsps. Lemon zest
3 big eggs
200gr.strain yogurt
¾ cup ground almonds- slivered
2 ½ cup self-rising...
Sesame seed bars with chocolate
Ingredients:
1 ½ cup sesame
1 ½ cup unsalted, raw peanuts
1 cup sugar
3 tbsps. honey
1 tbsp. carob
2 tbsps. water
1 handful of chocolate chips
Method:
Step 1
Bake sesame for...
Crepes with carob syrup
Ingredients:
3 cups oil
1 cup carob
1 cup sugar
½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
3 tsps. baking powder
1 kg of farina flour...
Fanouropita
St Fanourios’ cake is a Lenten cake made on the Saint’s feast day (27/08) and is traditionally offered to the faithful as a blessing....
Halva with semolina
Ingredients:
1 cup oil (sunflower or corn)
1 cup almond slices
3 cups semolina
For the syrup:
6 cups water
2 cups sugar
3-4 cinnamon sticks
4 tbsps rose water
Directions:
Prepare the...
Yeast traditional biscuits
Ingredients:
1kg. village flour
½ cup olive oil
½ cup yeast
1 tsp salt
1 tsp mastic
1 tsp mahleb
1 pinch nutmeg
2 1/3 cup water
Sesame
Method:
Step 1:
In a bowl, put 2...
Lemon marmalade
Ingredients:
1 kg big lemons (approximately 7 lemons)
1 ½ kg hot sugar
7 cups (1 3/4 litres) water
1 small square (or rectangular) piece of gauze (approximately...
Halva with lemon (semolina pudding with lemon)
Try this more exotic version of traditional halva!
Ingredients
-3 cups of milk (full fat)
-2 stripes of lemon peel (the yellow part only)
-1 cinnamon stick
-½...
Phiniotika Loukoumia
Phini's visitor usually waves goodbye to the village with a box of "loukoumia" (Turkish Delights) in his/her hand. He/she wants to keep something out...
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122 new cases, one death announced on Friday
The Health Ministry announced the death of one person due to COVID-19. This raises the death toll from the virus in Cyprus to 179,...
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Where to get antigen rapid tests on Saturday
The Health Ministry announced the following antigen rapid test sites for Saturday, 23 January 2021:
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Grigoris Afxentiou Square 08:30-16:30
Gafkos Clerides Park, Germasoyia 08:30-16:30
Municipal Hall Ypsonas...
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Civil servants’ trade union requests psychological support for health professionals
PASYDY, the civil servants’ trade union requested psychological support for health professionals due to the consequences of COVID-19 on their health.
The trade union noted...
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Scientific advisory committee to convene on Monday under President Anastasiades
Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, will preside on Monday morning over a meeting of the scientific advisory committee on COVID-19.
According to CNA information, during the...
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Polish medics depart for Slovakia to help mass testing
A group of 200 Polish medics departed for neighbouring Slovakia on Friday (January 22) to help in a week-long testing campaign in the central...
Taste
Local Food
Squash soup
Ingredients:
1 kg pumpkin, cut into small cubes, approximately 5 cups
2 medium (400g) sweet potatoes, cut into cubes, approximately 2 ½ cups
1 chopped leek, only...
Local Food
Mezedes
No visit to Cyprus is complete without enjoying the traditional meal of many small dishes known as ‘meze’.
This large feast, which has been a...
Local Food
Prawns with fried cheese, barley shaped pasta
Put the barley shaped pasta into a small pan with salted water, bring to a boil and when tender, drain. Peal the prawns leaving...
Local Food
Salmon and shrimp sheftalies
Mix all ingredients for tabbouli in a bowl and keep to one side so flavours can combine.
Prepare the sheftalies: wash and soak the casing...