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Vasilopita from Lesvos.

You can have Vasilopita from Lesvos using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Vasilopita from Lesvos

1. It's of For the dough.
2. You need 1 kg of flour.
3. You need 1 tsp of salt.
4. Prepare 2 bottle of caps ouzo.
5. You need 1/2 cup of oil.
6. It's of water, as much as it takes.
7. It's of For the filling.
8. You need 1/2 kg of hard mizithra (traditional Greek cheese, made with whey and milk from sheep or goat).
9. It's 1 tbsp of cinnamon.
10. You need 1/2 tbsp of clove.
11. You need 3/4 cup of sugar.
12. Prepare of butter for brushing the filo sheets.

Vasilopita from Lesvos instructions

1. Place all the ingredients for the dough in a large bowl and knead until the dough doesn't stick to the sides. Then, set it aside to rest..
2. Place the ingredients for the filling in another bowl and mix..
3. Melt the butter in a small pot..
4. Roll out your dough into sheets (about 6-5 sheets)..
5. Brush the baking tray with butter, spread out one sheet,brush with butter, add some filling then sheet - butter - filling and finally, finish with a sheet and butter..
6. Bake for about 1 to 1 1/2 hour..
7. When it is done, turn it upside down on a platter with absorbent paper to drain the butter..