…It’s time for candies…
The most delicious Greek a sweets that
exist at Kythera, are located in Livadi. In the main street of the
village, Rena will serve you and your company her homemade sweets as
her grandmother taught her.
All the sweets and candies served by Rena are made following the old
traditional way using pure and fresh ingredients. You shouldn’t also
forget to taste the profiterole, the apple pie, home made pastries and
of course the homemade ice cream in several flavors made out of fresh
cow milk.
You may also drink, a variety of coffees like espresso, greek and
French roast, fresh juices and other kinds of drinks. According to what
people say, Rena has the best Kytherian xerotigana, a sweet made merely
in the island and amigdalota, another Kytherian specialty.
All of these of course are made with the use of Kytherian thyme honey.
You could also get sweets from Rena to treat your friends since Rena
can easily pack them for you.
THE RECIPE WE PROPOSE IS:
Amigdalota (with almonds)
Materials
1 kilo rubbed and ground almond
450 grams sugar
3 egg whites meringue and a whole egg.
grates from 1 - 2 lemons peels.
2 vanillas
Preparation
We blend all the materials together well and we form to elongated shapes. We put them in buttered baking pan and decorate each one with with a half almond that we have kept before we grind it. We bake in heat oven at 180ο C for 15 minutes.
Enjoy!
