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A unique mezé of melted pork fat on freshly baked bread. Recipe from Marathasa valley.
Name - Recipe
Freshly baked bread, spread with pork fat and sugar.
1 loaf of freshly baked bread just out of the oven
Pork fat
Sugar
Take hot bread, which has just come out of the oven, cut it in slices and spread pork fat and sugar on it. Solid lard melts due to the heat from the bread and this was the butter in the old days. (Kythreotou 2013, 64).
Spread.
Functional and symbolic role
The vaftó was a unique mezé of consolation and pleasure for those who were working hard on kneading and baking, a memory that people from Marathasa valley recall with emotion (Kythreotou 2013, 45).
Additional information and bibliography
Kythreotou, F. (2013). Gastronomy guide of Marathasa, Ministry of Education and Culture - Pedagogical Institute, Nicosia.
Petroulla Hadjittofi
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