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The loukoumi, a Greek dessert to accompany with coffee


Loukoumi is a delicious sweet of Greek origin flavored with rose, generally served as an accompaniment to Greek coffee

These little ones delicious and exotic Greek sweets they are generally served with Greek coffee. Although famous for being a Turkish specialty, loukoumi actually has Greek origins, in particular its recipe comes from a mix of local products from the island of Chios, and then spread throughout the Greek territory starting fromisland of Syros (Cyclades).

Origin and spread of loukoumi, a Greek-Turkish sweet

To study and retrace the origin of this cake historically was Dina Sikoutri, descendant of an old family of local loukoumi producers from the island of Syros. His research has shown that most producers in ancient Istanbul (Constantinople), came from theGreek island Chio, in the northern Aegean, and that just using typical ingredients of this island, namely almonds, rose sugar and mastic, the resin of the mastic tree, created Turkish rahat loukoum.
The first testimony concerning the Greek production of loukoumi, on the island of Syros, dates back to 1832, the year in which he made his arrival from Constantinople. In the last century the preparation of dolcetto has spread like wildfire in almost all of Greece and loukoumi has quickly become famous also in the rest of the world, from Europe to Asia and even Japan.

A sweet and delicate rose cube to be discovered

There Greek basic recipe provides for the use of sugar, water and starch, to which is generally added therose water but also essence of bergamot, vanilla or cinnamon; there are also variations with dried fruit such as almonds or walnuts, but also those with coconut, chocolate or pistachio. These sweet sugar-based cubes have a consistency reminiscent of marshmallows, although they are more sticky due to the concentration of sugar. They come traditionally accompanied to Greek coffee and are sometimes offered to visitors of Greek-Orthodox monasteries.

In some places in the north of Greece it is also possible to come across a variant beloved by children called biskotoloukoumo, which is nothing more than a fresh loukoumi served crushed between two butter biscuits.

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