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Melomakarono, the Glossary

The melomakarono (μελομακάρονο plural: μελομακάρονα, melomakarona) is an egg-shaped Greek dessert made mainly from flour, olive oil, and honey.^[1]

18 relations: Christmas, Cinnamon, Cognac, Dark chocolate, Dessert, Eggs as food, Flour, Greece, Halva, Honey, Lokma, Olive oil, Orange juice, Semolina, Sugar, Syrup, Walnut, Zest (ingredient).
Foods with alcoholic drinks
Greek desserts
Honey dishes
Walnut desserts

Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.

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Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum.

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Cognac

Cognac (also) is a variety of brandy named after the commune of Cognac, France.

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Dark chocolate

Dark chocolate is a form of chocolate containing only cocoa solids, cocoa butter and sugar.

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Dessert

Dessert is a course that concludes a meal.

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Eggs as food

Humans and their hominid relatives have consumed eggs for millions of years.

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Flour

Flour is a powder made by grinding raw grains, roots, beans, nuts, or seeds.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Halva

Halva (also halvah, halwa, halua, and other spellings) is a type of confectionery originating from Persia (now Iran) and widely spread throughout the Middle East and South Asia.

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Honey

Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees.

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Lokma

Lokma, also awameh, is a dessert made of leavened and deep fried dough balls, soaked in syrup or honey, sometimes coated with cinnamon or other ingredients. Melomakarono and Lokma are Greek desserts.

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Olive oil

Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained by pressing whole olives, the fruit of Olea europaea, a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, and extracting the oil.

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Orange juice

Orange juice is a liquid extract of the orange tree fruit, produced by squeezing or reaming oranges.

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Semolina

Semolina is the name given to coarsely milled durum wheat mainly used in making pasta and sweet puddings.

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Sugar

Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.

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In cooking, syrup (less commonly sirup; from شراب;, beverage, wine and sirupus) is a condiment that is a thick, viscous liquid consisting primarily of a solution of sugar in water, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars but showing little tendency to deposit crystals.

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