If you have a sweet tooth, this article is certainly for you…

Top 10 desserts and sweets that you should try in Greece

(the list is made out of my personal preferences)

1.     Glyka tou koutaliou or a sweet spoon is a sweet preserve made of different types of boiled berries or fruits. They are usually given to guests as a sign of hospitality. It can be compared to jam, marmalade or Russian varenye with the difference that it’s more liquid and the fruit piece remains firm.

2.     Kataifi is a delicious dessert made of special dough called kataifi. A Nut centre is wraped into pastry that reminds glued threads and then bathed in sweet syrup. This dessert is really luscious and toothsome.  

3.     Baklavas is a popular Greek dessert made from layered thin unleavened dough with chopped nuts and bathed in syrup. This dessert is also known in Central and West Asia.

4.     Loukoumades is a fabulous Greek desert loved by everyone made of fried dough that is usually soaked in honey, chocolate, syrup etc. and  laced with cinnamon. You can compare it with a simple doughnut but the shape of this pastry is usually round without a hole.

5.     Melomakarona is a Greek Christmas dessert made of flour, olive oil and honey syrup and sprinkled with chopped walnuts or/and a pinch of cinnamon and clove. If you have a bad mood it’s really nice to have a bite of this moist and syrupy delight.

6.     Tsoureki is traditional Greek Easter Bread. Usually it’s really soft and flavorous and a little bit sweet that makes you want to eat it not as simple bread but as a special dessert. Today it’s eaten all the year round.

7.     Milopita is a delicious apple pie that is usually made from juicy apples spiced with cinnamon and cardamom. Greeks prefer this sweet dessert for breakfast.

8.     Karydopita is a traditional walnut cake soaked in sweet syrup.  It has a rather rich taste and brilliant texture so you can surely cook it for special occasions.

9.     Rizogalo is a sweet rice pudding really popular in Greece. The two major ingredients in this pudding are rice and milk as it is indicated in the name. Though the main ingredients mixed together can bring you a thought of a gruel, this sweet and melting in a mouth dessert can’t leave you cold.

10. Galaktoboureko is a traditional Greek dessert made from semolina custard in layers of thin unleavened dough called fillo and soaked in scented syrup. Take a bite and you will never forget its wonderful taste and amazing texture.

As a matter of fact, I suppose that you’ve noticed that most of the Greeks desserts are cooked with the adding of syrups.