Greece

Melomakarona

Name: Melomakarona
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 2 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1/4 cup fine semolina rava (semolina); 1/2 cup olive oil; 3 tbsp for dough 6 tbsp for syrup sugar; 1/3 cup orange juice; Orange, zest of 1/2; 3/4 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda); 1 tsp divided cinnamon powder; 1/4 tsp ground cloves whole spices; 6 tbsp honey; 6 tbsp water; 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts

Honey soaked orange spice cookies with walnuts. Greek Christmas smells exactly like this.

90 minTime

3 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayOrange and spice cookies soaked in honey syrup with walnuts.

The original

262kcalsame

3 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

90minutessame

Melomakarona.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 cups

Rava (semolina)¼ cup fine semolina

Olive oil½ cup

Sugar3 tbsp for dough, 6 tbsp for syrup

Orange juice⅓ cup

Orangezest of 1/2

Baking powder¾ tsp

Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)¼ tsp

Cinnamon powder1 tsp, divided

Whole spices¼ tsp ground cloves

Honey6 tbsp

Water6 tbsp

Walnuts½ cup, finely chopped

Method

5 steps

1Make the syrup: simmer honey, 6 tbsp sugar, water and a cinnamon stick 5 minutes. Cool.
2Whisk oil, 3 tbsp sugar, orange juice, zest and soda dissolved in the juice.
3Add flour, semolina, baking powder, cinnamon and cloves. Mix gently to a soft dough.
4Shape into ovals, press with a fork and bake at 180°C for 22 minutes.
5Dip warm cookies into the cool syrup 30 seconds and top with walnuts and cinnamon.

Serve it like this

Stack on a plate with walnuts on top, served with Greek coffee or tea.

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