Black Olives

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Adroúppa

Olives from a specific olive tree variety.

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Alármi - brine

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Álas -salt

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Apostolitžés eliés

A variety of olives.

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Arkóladon

Olive oil extracted from native olive trees.

Traditional Recipes

Black Olives

“…salt them and leave them in the basin. Stir them until the salt dissolves and they are ready” (Testimony of Panagiota Charalambous, Kyperounda).

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Eléa (eliá), olive

Olives in ancient times.

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Eliá - olive

Harvesting of olives was usually taking place in two periods, according to the type of olives to be produced. In late August or early September, when olives were still green, Cypriots would pick a…

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Elies koumniastes - Black olives koumniastes

Elies koumniastes were prepared using ripe black olives. Cypriot women would wash the olives, they would put them in brine for 3-4 days and would store them in a koumna (clay container) with salt.

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Elies tsakkistes - Tsakkistes olives

Green olives which, during their preparation, were crushed with a stone.

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Elies xidates - Pickled olives

For the preparation of xidates olives, women used to cut the flesh of the olives with a blade and soak them in water for 6 days. Then they would drain them and put them in a container with brine for…

Traditional Recipes

Eliopitta - pl. Eliopittes - olive pie(s)

Often, eliopitta has the shape of a small round bun and contains whole olives. In other cases, it may be kneaded with pieces of olives, onion and fresh coriander/spearmint, or it may be a rolled pie…

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Eliopittes or eliotes - olive pies

Eliopittes are appetising and delicious; during baking the oil from the olives is absorbed into the dough (Pharmakidou, 2003 p. 302).

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Kipriaki epitrapezia elia - Cypriot table olives

The Cypriot table olive is produced from a local Cypriot variety of olives, cultivated all over the island.

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Pickled Olives

“Close the container and leave them for 40 days, but stir them daily. After 40 days, if the olives have too much water, remove the excess. Add the olive oil and vinegar” (Eleni Filippou, Kyperounda)

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Traditional pizza - folded

A Cypriot version of pizza. Everyone’s favourite is topped with local traditional ingredients.

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Tsakkistes green olives

“Crack the olives. Place them in a container with water. Add the water, salt and lemon juice and mix. Put the olives in bottles and fill them with the marinade” (Georgia Neocleous, Kyperounda).