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In this modern recipe, anari cheese, dried fruit and almonds are combined in an original culinary concept.
Name - Recipe
Γλυκιές μπουκιές με τυρί.
500g of fresh anari (myzithra)
200g cream cheese
Icing sugar (to taste)
150g dried apricots
150g almonds
Honey (optional)
In a saucepan, bring water to a boil and soak the dried apricots for just a few seconds, so that they soften. Drain them well and puree them in a blender. Toast the almonds in the oven and chop them into small pieces. In a bowl, mash the anari with a fork. Add the cream cheese and icing sugar (to taste) and mix. Add the dried apricots and almonds and mix. Add more sugar if needed. Form small bite size balls and serve with drizzled honey, if desired. (Raphael Kouroufexis, Cooking Cypriot food 2013-2014)
Boiling.
Toasting.
Useful tips and suggestions: It is possible to change the ratio of the ingredients according to individual preference. The dried apricots can be used as a filling and the almonds as a topping! Vanilla can be added to the cheese mixture if desired. (Raphael Kouroufexis, Cooking Cypriot food 2013-2014)
Additional information and bibliography
Creation - recording: Raphael Kouroufexis (17 years old, student of the Apeitio Hotel School of Agros). See Cyprus Food and Nutrition Museum (2014) Cooking Cypriot food 2013-2014 (ed. Petroula Hadjittofi), unpublished data.
Petroula Hadjittofi
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