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A small pitta made with a mixture of fig pulp, almonds, aniseed and rosewater.
Name - Recipe
Συκόπιττα.
1 kg of dried figs
½ cup of coarsely ground almonds
2 tsp crushed aniseed
A bit of rose water or citrus water
A bit of water for kneading
Version A'
Grind the figs and add the almonds, the aniseed, the rosewater and finally the water and knead well. Take some of the dough and form small pies of 1,5 cm thick. Place them on parchment paper or clean cloth and leave them to dry in the sun. Turn them from time to time to dry them thoroughly. Store the sykopittes in a dry place. (Maria Kouppi, Panagiota Kouppi, Stella Kouppi Kyperounda (see Kourri and Lazarou. MANRE 2006, 56-57)
Version B
'They would collect the ripe figs. They would boil them in water and lay them out in the sun to dry. Then they would grind them in the (hand) mill and make a pulp. They would add some almond nuts and aniseed for flavour. They would get a quantity of the pulp and make a round pitta and leave them in the sun to dry. Then they would flour them to make them stick and put them on a tray in the cupboard. " *Yannis Evrypidou, 75 years old from Akapnou Limassol)
Boiling (Version B)
Drying in the sun.
The "Spiliotikes" sykopittes are made with aniseed, fennel seed and walnuts. The mixture is then sprinkled with genuine Spiliotiko rosewater.
(http://www.spilia.org/traditionalProduct.shtm)
Functional and symbolic role
"It was the sweet of winter time together with zivania." (Yannis Evrypidou, 75 years old from Akapnou Limassol)
Additional information and bibliography
"They used to make them in September and stock them for the whole year." (Yannis Evrypidou, 75 years old, from Akapnou Limassol)
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture (2006). Cypriot traditional preparations, Press and Information Office, Nicosia.
Chrysanthou, A. (2004). Traditional products. Retrieved from: http://www.spilia.org/traditionalProduct.shtm
Oral testimonies: Yannis Evrypidou, 75 years old from Akapnou Limassol. Recording: Zenovia Charalambous, October 2010. Edited by Stalo Lazarou.
Maria Koupi, Panagiota Koupi and Stella Koupi, Kyperounda (see Kourri, P. and Lazarou, S. (eds.) (2007). Traditional recipes of the village of Kyperounda, unpublished data).
Stalo Lazarou, Varvara Yangou
Συκόπιτα εμπορίου.
Μείγμα για την παρασκευή συκόπιττων (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2013). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Συκόπιττες (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2013). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Συκόπιττα. Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Συκόπιττα σε κομμάτια. Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Συκόπιττα και σύκα. Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Συκόπιττες προς πώληση σε υπαίθρια αγορά. Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
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