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The pastry sheet is sprinkled with cinnamon and coarsely ground almonds and rolled into a long roll. Small pieces of the roll are then flattened to form the round pishíes.
Name - Recipe
Small pittas, which are fried and then dipped in syrup. Pishíes represent the traditional pancakes of Cyprus.
For the dough:
4 cups of flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup olive oil
lukewarm water
For the filling:
ground almonds
cinnamon
oil for frying
For the syrup:
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1 cinnamon stick
rose water
In a pot, add all the ingredients for the syrup and bring to a boil. Set it aside to cool. Sift the flour with the salt, add the olive oil and rub with your fingertips. Add enough water and knead well to make a soft dough. Roll out the dough into a pastry sheet, brush it with oil and sprinkle it with cinnamon and almonds. Roll the pastry sheet into a roll and cut small pieces of about 2-3cm each. Flatten them out a bit with the rolling pin and fry them in hot oil. Dip the pishíes in the syrup for a few seconds, drain them well and serve. (MANRE 2006, 59-60)
Frying.
Dipping in syrup.
Additional information and bibliography
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture (2006). Cyprus Traditional Preparations, Press and Information Office, Nicosia.
Varvara Yangou
Χοντροαλεσμένα αμύγδαλα και κανέλα για τη γέμιση των πισίων (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2015). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Το φύλλο πασπαλίζεται με το μείγμα της γέμισης (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2015). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Στη συνέχεια, το φύλλο τυλίγεται σε ρολό (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2015). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Το ρολό κόβεται σε κομμάτια. (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2015). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Το ρολό κόβεται σε κομμάτια (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2015). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Ρολό φύλλου κομμένο. (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2015). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Τα κομμάτια του ρολού πιέζονται και επιπεδοποιούνται, σχηματίζοντας τις πισίες (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2015). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Τα κομμάτια του ρολού πιέζονται και επιπεδοποιούνται, σχηματίζοντας τις πισίες (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2015). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Οι σχηματισμένες πισίες, έτοιμες για τηγάνισμα, τοποθετούνται σε δίσκο (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2015). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Ακολουθεί το τηγάνισμα των πισίων σε μπόλικο λάδι. (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2015). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Πισίες. Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Πισίες. Άδεια δημοσίευσης: Υπουργείο Γεωργίας.
Πισίες (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2015). © Μουσείο Κυπριακών Τροφίμων και Διατροφής.
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