Recipes with Loulla Astin
Melomakarona
(Christmas honey-dipped biscuits)
Happy holiday month!
Melomakarona are vegan and they are consumed mostly at Christmas during the fasting period. Greek Christmas without Melomakarona and Kourabiethes is like English Christmas without mince pies.
These biscuits are made by all Greek and Cypriot families in the weeks preceding Christmas. If they’re going to be consumed before Christmas, they are made vegan using vegetable oil and olive