Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, vasilopita from lesvos. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Vasilopita from Lesvos is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Vasilopita from Lesvos is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
This is an appetizer plate that is served in the island of Lesvos. The portions of the ingredients are approximate. It is considered a difficult dish to prepare.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have vasilopita from lesvos using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Vasilopita from Lesvos:
- Get For the dough
- Get 1 kg flour
- Make ready 1 tsp salt
- Prepare 2 bottle caps ouzo
- Get 1/2 cup oil
- Get water, as much as it takes
- Prepare For the filling
- Take 1/2 kg hard mizithra (traditional Greek cheese, made with whey and milk from sheep or goat)
- Prepare 1 tbsp cinnamon
- Take 1/2 tbsp clove
- Take 3/4 cup sugar
- Get butter for brushing the filo sheets
He enjoys cooking as much as we do and every year he follows this recipe to prepare the traditional New Year's Eve cake (aka Vasilopita). This one has the scent of Tsoureki (Easter bread) because it has Mahlep. Sousamlis Traditional Bakery is located in the village of Agiasos in Lesvos and is well known for the variety of rusks and the traditional Vasilopita (Christmas cake) of Agiasos. Mix herring fillets, soft cheese and oil in a blender.
Steps to make Vasilopita from Lesvos:
- Place all the ingredients for the dough in a large bowl and knead until the dough doesn't stick to the sides. Then, set it aside to rest.
- Place the ingredients for the filling in another bowl and mix.
- Melt the butter in a small pot.
- Roll out your dough into sheets (about 6-5 sheets).
- Brush the baking tray with butter, spread out one sheet,brush with butter, add some filling then sheet - butter - filling and finally, finish with a sheet and butter.
- Bake for about 1 to 1 1/2 hour.
- When it is done, turn it upside down on a platter with absorbent paper to drain the butter.
Adjust with more lemon, if necessary. Fix texture by adding more oil from, if the mixture is thick or by adding more cheese if the mixture is soft. There are various versions of Kaltsounia. Cretan Kaltsounia are also shaped in stars like in the picture. Our effort to shape them like stars was unfortunate as you may notice. the difference from the proposal in the recipe is that instead of making a half moon you roll the circled dough up, down and left , right of the filling and then squize the dough in order to shape a star.
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