«Ελιές τσακιστές» Πηγή: Υπουργείο Γεωργίας
“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).
Name - Recipe
The name "tsakkistes" is due to the specific way of preserving the olives which requires to crack them.
1kg green olives
8 glasses of water
1 glass of salt
1 glass of lemon juice
dried coriander
garlic
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. Put a lemon leaf and some olive oil in the mouth of the bottle. Remove the olives, put them in a container, rinse them and add the dried coriander, garlic, olive oil and a little salt if needed (Georgia Neocleous, Kyperounda).
Preserving in salt.
Additional information and bibliography
Oral testimony: Georgia Neocleous, 60 years old, Kyperounda - Limassol, in Kourri P. and Lazarou S. (eds.) (2007), Traditional recipes of the village of Kyperounda, unpublished data).
Stalo Lazarou, Argyro Xenophontos
http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/fd/fd.nsf/All/EF5158806BDFA410C22570300031AED8?OpenDocument
Ελιές πράσινες. Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Ελιές τσακιστές. Πηγή: Αυγούστα Στυλιανού.
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