Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 4 cups fine semolina
- 1 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 cups walnut kernel
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brandy
- 1/2 tsp clove powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 Orange, juice & zest
- 1 cup walnuts for gurnish
- 1 Orange peel. For syroup
- 2 cups sugar. For syroup
- 2 cups honey. For syroup
- 2 cups water. For syroup
- 1 cinnamon stick For syroup
Recipe Description
The melomakarono is a Greek dessert made mainly from flour, olive oil, and honey.
Along with the kourabies it is a traditional dessert prepared primarily during the Christmas holiday season.
Typical ingredients of the melomakarono are flour or semolina, sugar, orange zest and/or fresh juice, cognac (or similar beverage), cinnamon and olive oil.
During rolling they are often filled with ground walnuts.
After baking they are immersed for a few seconds in hot syrup made of honey and sugar dissolved in water.
Finally, they are decorated with ground, as well as bigger, pieces of walnut. Dark chocolate-covered melomakarona are also a more recent variation of the traditional recipe.
