My Orthodox Easter Cooking!

In Cyprus and in the UK all Greek / Cypriots make a sweet bread dish made with semolina and filled with cheeses, sultanas and mint. They are called Flaounes (pronounced fla-oo-nes). We also boil and paint eggs red or with lovely designs on them using onions skins and tights! It's an amazing tradition and I love cooking the bread, it's a long winded cook but usually the matriarchs of the household will get up early morning and make about 20+. They are eaten as snacks with a hot drink, breakfast and sometimes lunch. And whenever someone comes round to visit they leave with 2-3 or more 😀 The home smells of bread and mint for most of day and it brings back soo many memories of my childhood.

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