Kalitsunia

Ksadelfi Visit!

Bet you haven't heard that word before! That's Greek for (female) cousin and last week I invited a bunch of my cousins over, and as is typical, it's the girl cousins who came. I made kalitsunia (ricotta filled fried turnovers), butternut squash gratin, galactobouriko (custard filo dessert), kalouria (simple cookie), and cinnamon iced tea and my lovely [...]

By |2017-01-03T09:43:14-08:00October 24th, 2015|Dimotakis/Calimeris Family Classic, Greek, Home Page, Parties|1 Comment

Kalitsunia

Here comes another Yiayia memory!  Even though the woman had nine kids, worked like a dog every single day, and wasn’t a very good cook she repeatedly made two things that were both complicated and time consuming.  One was a Greek pastry called Thiples or Xerotigina (same thing, two different names) which is strips [...]

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