Ladopita (oilpie) from Lefkada
Ladopita (oilpie) from Lefkada

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, ladopita (oilpie) from lefkada. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Ladopita meaning oil pie is a traditional sweet from the mesmerizing island of Lefkada! Heat the olive oil (save two table spoons for the end) in a shallow pot. Slowly add the flour, in order to create a thick mush and stir with a wooden spoon on medium heat until it turns. This is a traditional greek pie,we usually make it on New Years Day in place of the traditional Vasilopita (New Years cake) and place a coin in it, so that whoever finds it will have good luck for the rest of the year.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ladopita (oilpie) from lefkada using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Ladopita (oilpie) from Lefkada:
  1. Prepare 32 cm baking tray of
  2. Make ready 3 cups oil
  3. Get 3 cups water
  4. Get 2 cups sugar
  5. Take sesame seeds, cinnamon, blanched almonds (whole)
  6. Take about 1 kg flour
  7. Prepare 1 handful semolina

Ladopita (olive oil based) is a traditional cake of Lefkada that is served at weddings, celebrations or any social events. In a saucepan boil the water with the sugar creating a syrup. #ladopita #lefkada #loukoumaki Ελληνική παραδοσιακή νηστίσιμη συνταγή. Η εκτέλεση είναι πανεύκολη και τα υλικά ελάχιστα. 🔴 Κάνε εγγραφή στο #Loukoumaki. Find traditional delicious local products of Lefkada on your holidays. Taste unique products of Lefkada's mother nature and spend your holiday in gastronomy.

Steps to make Ladopita (oilpie) from Lefkada:
  1. Boil the water and sugar for 10 minutes and set it aside but keep it hot.
  2. Place the oil (keeping about two fingers from the third cup) in a shallow pot, to heat.
  3. Add the flour little by little as well as the semolina so that you make a very thick batter constantly stirring with a wooden spoon or spatula, always over medium heat until it gets dark brown.
  4. Then add the hot syrup slowly and continue stirring until all the liquids are absorbed. This makes a very light halva.
  5. Spread it in the baking tray that you have already sprinkled with sesame seeds and press it down to make it smooth and even. Sprinkle with sesame seeds, score into lozenge pieces and place one almond on each piece.
  6. Bake at 200°C for 15 minutes and then at 180°C for 40-45 minutes. Check with a knife whether the pie detaches from the sides of the baking tray. If it does, it is ready.
  7. Sprinkle with cinnamon and a little sugar. Cut it when it cools.

Find traditional delicious local products of Lefkada on your holidays. Taste unique products of Lefkada's mother nature and spend your holiday in gastronomy. The most traditional sweet of Lefkada is the oil pie, 'ladópita'. Ladopita main ingredient is olive oil, sugar, flour, sesame and almond. Traditionally ladopita will be consumed on weddings, baptisms and generally in any event happening in the family, even in sad.

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