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Vasilopita / St. Basil's Pie Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Sift the flour and baking powder inside a pot, adding the salt.
  • Inside a mixer mix the mahlepi spice with the mastic and a tablespoon of flour.
  • Add the mixture to the pot with the flour and the baking powder.
  • In another pot mix the sugar with the butter, and add the eggs.
  • Then add the flour mixture and the milk.
  • Grease the pan which you are going to use to bake the pie with some butter.
  • Pour the final mixture inside the baking pan.
  • (At this point you can place a coin in silver foil and add it in the mixture. This is part of a Greek custom. It is not relevant to the cooking process)
  • Bake at 180 C (about 360 F) for 45 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and wait until it reaches room temperature.
  • Then sprinkle the top of the pie with powdered sugar.

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  • ttaaccoo 13 years ago
    This sounds really flavorful! will kirschwasser (cherry brandy) be a close contender for the mahlepi? thank you, and happy new year! trish
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  • chuckieb 13 years ago
    That's beautiful. Nice Post!
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    " It was excellent "
    ZsaZsa ate it and said...
    a dreamy dish from heaven
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  • 22566 13 years ago
    Heavenly Mysteries?
    Flipping a coin
    ~but~
    There is no mystery here...for you can not varnish over the fact that this is a cherry of a recipe, with healing power,how can you go wrong.
    Thank-you
    Kind Regards
    Joyce
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