How to Make Perfect Vasilopita from Lesvos

Vasilopita from Lesvos. Vasilopita. Μαρμελάδα μήλων με αχλάδια. Πατάτες γιαχνί μαζί με κάστανα, στην κατσαρόλα. Vasilopita is a Greek New Year's cake with a coin or a trinket baked inside of it. See recipes for Vasilopita from Lesvos too.

This person who receives the coin hidden inside is considered to be especially blessed for the year. Vasilopita recipes vary widely all over Greece and the lands of the former Ottoman Empire. My family came from the island of Lesvos, which remained Ottoman until a hundred years ago. You can have Vasilopita from Lesvos using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Vasilopita from Lesvos

1. You need of For the dough.
2. Prepare 1 kg of flour.
3. It's 1 tsp of salt.
4. It's 2 bottle of caps ouzo.
5. You need 1/2 cup of oil.
6. You need 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. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of clove.
11. It's 3/4 cup of sugar.
12. You need of butter for brushing the filo sheets.

Hence vasilopita has ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine background. The word itself comes from the combination of the words vasileus (king) and pita. Vasilopita is a pie for a king. This Beautifully Minted Vasilopita Coin with the image of St.

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..

Basil The Great was designed by Father George Papadeas expressly for the purpose of this Wonderful Occasion. Vasilopita is the Greek New Year's Bread. This recipe is provided by a friend of Greek-Recipe.com, Nikos Lymberopoulos. He enjoys cooking as much as we do and every year he follows this recipe to prepare the traditional New Year's Eve cake. LESVOS (Mitilini) The third largest island of Greece is Lesvos.