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New Year's bread or pitta (called also vassilopitta).
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A type of bread shaped similar to the crown of thorns of Christ.
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Flour has always been the basic raw material for the preparation of various doughs, most notably for bread.
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A traditional sourdough Cypriot bread (and rusks) made using chickpea foam (aquafaba), which requires a lengthy process with many stages.
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Savoury pitta of Clean Monday, made of flour, salt and water. In the evening, a piece of the pitta was placed under the headrest of the young girls who were hoping to dream of their future husbands.
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Artos was prepared on special occasions like Saints' Days, Christmas, Easter, weddings and memorial services as an offering to the church.
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If a family had no wheat, it would use barley grains to make flour, which was then used to make bread.
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"... gradually incorporate all the flour, adding water when needed, and knead the dough well. Cover it for a while to rise.” (Sotira Kyriakou, Kyperounda)
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“…place it in a paneri (basket) which contains sesame and aniseed until it is coated all over. Place it back on the board and give it its final round shape. Finally, use a knife to score the…
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Women had to get up at dawn to prepare the boukkoman (breakfast), which was usually a lot of bread with some halloumi or olives with onions
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These bread products were customary in all the villages of Cyprus. They were especially made at Christmas and Easter.
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The Holy Water from the feast of the Holy Cross (14 September) is used for the preparation of the sourdough starter. The initial starter is formed by combining this holy water and some flour… it is…
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After making the dough, the koulourka are given various shapes, such as oblong, rings, round but also avgotes, vatrahakia, zembilouthkia, stavrokoulloura etc for festive occasions.