Margi Cintrano
Washing Up
Buonasera, Good Evening,
Spoon sweets are a historical Asian Indian tradition which had started IN Greece, under the reign of Alexander The Great. At that time, sugar cost a fortune, and was called Indian Salt. The Greek Military had gone to India to obtain their own sugar cane to create their own sweets. In the 10th century, the Moorish tribes had brought sugar cane to the island of Crete, and later, to Sicilia and Andalusia, Mallorca and Levante, on the Iberian Peninsula. It wasn´t until the discovery of the Americas 1492, that Europeans had brought sugar cane to the Caribbean ( Cuba, Puerto Rico, San Salvador, & The Dominican Republic ) and later in 1515, Mexico.
Greek Fig Spoon Sweet Preserves
*** photo courtesy: Hellenic Ministry of Tourism and Foreign Trade ( see in Post 2 below )
500 grams of jar-red figs
1 ounce or 30 ml. Brandy of choice
1/2 lemon zest
1. drain the figs well and reserve the syrup, and quarter the figs.
In a small bowl, combine the brandy, syrup and grated lemon zest.
2. add the figs back to the syrup and serve cold yogurt garnished with the figs in the brandy flavored syrup
*** This can be made from fresh figs.
Enjoy, Margi.
Spoon sweets are a historical Asian Indian tradition which had started IN Greece, under the reign of Alexander The Great. At that time, sugar cost a fortune, and was called Indian Salt. The Greek Military had gone to India to obtain their own sugar cane to create their own sweets. In the 10th century, the Moorish tribes had brought sugar cane to the island of Crete, and later, to Sicilia and Andalusia, Mallorca and Levante, on the Iberian Peninsula. It wasn´t until the discovery of the Americas 1492, that Europeans had brought sugar cane to the Caribbean ( Cuba, Puerto Rico, San Salvador, & The Dominican Republic ) and later in 1515, Mexico.
Greek Fig Spoon Sweet Preserves
*** photo courtesy: Hellenic Ministry of Tourism and Foreign Trade ( see in Post 2 below )
500 grams of jar-red figs
1 ounce or 30 ml. Brandy of choice
1/2 lemon zest
1. drain the figs well and reserve the syrup, and quarter the figs.
In a small bowl, combine the brandy, syrup and grated lemon zest.
2. add the figs back to the syrup and serve cold yogurt garnished with the figs in the brandy flavored syrup
*** This can be made from fresh figs.
Enjoy, Margi.
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