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Fanouropita
Skopelos island, North Sporades, Greece

 

A traditional pie dedicated to Saint Fanourios

Total preparation time
Quantity this recipe will make
15 minutes, plus baking time  About 24 squares
List of Ingredients
Preparation Instructions
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¾ cup olive oil
  • ½ cup orange juice
  • ½ cup brandy
  • ½ cup raisins (or crushed walnuts)
  • 1 tsp.  cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. clove powder
  • backing powder

Mix all the ingredients in a mixer.

Grease a pan with olive oil and spread on it a little sugar and flour.

Pour the mixture into the greased pan.

Bake in medium oven for about an hour.

Comments

According to custom, the ingredients should be either 7 or 9.

Women in Skopelos make this pie once a year, on the eve of Saint Fanourios name day, every 26th of August. They bring their pies to the church of Saint Fanourios, where the priest blesses them with a nice ceremony.  After the Mass, the pies are cut and everybody is welcome to taste them.

This is a really interesting custom, so if you happen to be on Skopelos this day, do not forget to visit one of the 3 churches of Saint Fanourios which exist here, to watch the ceremony and taste the different pies. The Mass begins at about 19.00'.

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