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CYPRUS FOOD
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Traditional Cyprus food
PishiesTraditional Cypriot sweet
Pishies
PishiesINGREDIENTS
Dough:• 3 cups plain flour• 3 cups self raising
flour• 1 cup sunflower oil• 2 cups warm water
(approximately)• ½ teaspoon salt
Syrup:• 2 1/2 cups water• 2 1/2 cups of
sugar• piece of cinnamon• 1tbs of rose water
First prepare the syrup.
To do that you mix sugar, water, a cinnamon stick and rose water and boil until it becomes a thick mixture and then you let it cool.
PishiesDIRECTIONS
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, combine flour, salt and oil.
Slowly add enough water to make a soft dough (use more than the amount called for if necessary).
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Slowly add enough water to make a soft dough (use more than the amount called for if necessary).
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Knead well. Cover and let dough rest for 30 minutes.
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Roll out dough into a thin layer (fylo) in a flowered surface
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Use 7 thin layers covered with cinnamon and butter
Use 7 thin layers covered with cinnamon and butter
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Roll up into a cylinder shape.
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Roll up into a cylinder shape.
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Roll and twist
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Roll and twist
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
cut it in pieces of 4-5 cm each.
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Flatten each piece into a round shape.
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Deep fry in hot oil.
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Quickly dip hot pishies into cool syrup.
Pishies-DIRECTIONS
Koupepia me ampelofylla
(Stuffed Vine Leaves)
Koupepia
Koupepia
Ingredients:
• 50 vine leaves • 100-150 grams minced pork • 3 quarters cup olive oil• 1 small onion minced• Parsley minced• 1 quarter tea spoon pepper• Mint (optional) • 1 cup rice • 1 tsp1 tomato sauce or 2 cups tomato• 1 - 2 tblsp lemon juice• 1 cup warm water• 1 tsp salt
Koupepia
Koupepia Preparation
Wash the vine leaves and put them in warm water to get soft.
The color will change and will go darker than they are.
Vine leaves or grape leaves are the leaves from the grape vines used for making wine or the grapes we eat.The best period to get the vine leaves is when they first appear, during April – May, when they are fresh and tender and before they are sprayed with pesticide.
Koupepia
Preparation• Put the olive oil in a pan to warm
and lightly cook the minced onion.
• Add the minced ground pork and leave it to lightly cook.
• Add the rice, pepper, parsley, mint, tomato sauce mixed in water. Leave them to cook for 3-5 minutes and mix occasionally.
Koupepia
PreparationWhen the mixture cools, put one teaspoon of filling on each vine leave.
Koupepia
Koupepia
Koupepia and wrap them up
Koupepia Preparation
Put all the koupepia in a pot.
Place a small plate on top of them to keep them in place and add the water and lemon juice, or chicken stock if preferred.
Let them cook on low heat for about half an hour.