Amygdalopita (Greek: Αμυγδαλόπιτα) is an almond cake in Greek cuisine made with ground almonds, flour, butter, eggs and pastry cream. It is one of the most common glyka tapsiou (Greek: γλυκά ταψιού) - dessert dishes like pies and breads baked in baking pans. Other common desserts of this style are galaktoboureko, karydopita and kadaifi.
Preparation
To make this cake the dry ingredients are slowly folded into creamed butter and sugar, then the eggs are beaten in. The cake is baked in a tray and soaked in simple syrup after its done baking and allowed to cool before it is cut into individual square pieces.
See also
References
- Mouratoglou, Christina. Mazi: Modern Greek Food. Hachette.
- Goldstein, Darra. The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets. p. 310.
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