Πισία μαραθεύτικη. Κυθραιώτου 2013, 69.
In Marathasa, fried pishíes are served with honey or epsima (petimezi).
Name - Recipe
Pishíes are sweet, fried small pittas. They represent the traditional pancakes of Cyprus.
For the dough:
4 cups of yellow ( village) flour
½ cup oil
1 cup water
1 pinch of salt
Oil for frying
Honey or epsima (petimezi)
Add the salt and oil to the flour and knead (rub the flour with your fingertips until you create lumps). Add the water a little at a time and knead. Leave the dough covered for thirty minutes. Divide the dough into small balls and roll out thin round pies of about 18 cm in diameter. Fry the pittas in hot oil over medium heat until golden brown. Put them on top of each other. When you are done with all of them, take them out one by one, while they are hot, and brush them with honey or epsima (petimezi). Fold them in half, if you like, and then again into quarters. ( Kythraiotou 2013, 69)
Frying.
Additional information and bibliography
In Marathasa, epsima was widely used for the preparation of sweets. Epsima was used in pies, fried doughs, tertzellouthkia, katsoures (fried bread), halvades, epsimopoulles, etc. (Kythraiotou 2013, 10).
Kythraiotou, F. (2013). Gastronomic guide of Marathasa, Ministry of Education and Culture - Pedagogical Institute, Nicosia.
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