dessert recipes

Peaches with pomegranates and rosemary

Pie: Fresh Fig and Anthotiro Dessert

Anthotyro is a fresh, ricotta-like greek cheese.  It is traditionally used as a table or dessert cheese and as an...

Potato dumplings with plums (Knedle sa sljivama)

Povitica

"½ cup sugar
1 tsp salt
cup butter or margarine
1 cup milk, hot
2 packages active dry yeast
cup...

Preserve: Grated Quince(Kydoni tryfto)

Although in its natural state quince is hard and astringent when sweetened and cooked it is a favorite greek spoon...

Preserve: Quince Spoon Sweet

Quince is a favorite fruit for making sweets. Raw quince has an astringent taste, but cooked, it's delicious. This is...

Preserves: Fig Preserve in Red Wine

Delicious when eaten with strained yogurt and various soft cheeses.

Preserves: Orange Spoon Sweets

In Greece, spoon sweets are served in a spoonful on a small plate, usually accompanied by a glass of cold...

Pudin de cafe - Coffee pudding

Ripe fig tart

Ripe figs are sweet and luscious and this rich tart is a great way to make the most of them...

Sour Cherry Spoon Sweets

Sour cherries are a favorite spoon sweet, made in early summer when the cherries are their best.

Spiced pears wrapped in puff pastry

Spoon Sweet with Firiki Apples

Strawberry, meringue and yoghurt trifle

When served at the end of a heavy meal this dessert will cleanse the palate and aid digestion. It is...

Sweet cheese & raisin turnovers

Sweet cheese tartlets with orange sauce

Sweet pie with Pears

Trahana soup with katiki Domokou, honey & spoon sweets