Culture - Koulourakia

The Greek specialty of today is Koulourakia – a traditional Greek dessert  that is served around Easter.

The base of this pastry is butter. In general they taste sweet with a touch of vanilla. Moreover Koulourakia are famous for their sesame seeds and special ring shape.

Fun fact -the word Koulourakia is the diminuitive form for a loaf in the shape of a ring.

The pastry is mostly eaten to coffee in the morning or to tea in the afternoon.

All you need for Koulourakia is

500g sugar

6 egg yolks

500g margarine

3 packets vanilla sugar

2 packets baking powder

1 cup of cold milk

Flour

1 egg to brush the top of the pastry

Mix the butter together with the sugar, vanilla sugar, baking powder and the 6 egg yolks. Add the milk while stirring. Stir around on the highest level for about 3 minutes. Afterwards add some flour until the dough isn`t sticky anymore. Then cut the dough into circles. The dough should be half a centimeter thick. At the end brush the pastry with the whisked egg.

Bake them in the oven for around 15 to 20 minutes at 180 degree.

Enjoy!