- Xerotigana, traditional cretan sweet

Category: Mediterranean Diet, Cretan Recipe. 

Serves: 35 - 40 pieces  
Preparation time: 45min + 1-2hr rise the dough
Level: Easy

Ingredients:

• 1 kg flour for all uses
• 1 egg
• 1/3 water glass milk
• 1/8 water glass tsikoudia
• 1 glass of water
• ^eleon^ extra virgin olive oil  $   for frying
• cinnamon

The syrup

• 2 tbsp. honey
• 1 water glass sugar
• 1 glass of water

Preparation:

1. Put the flour in a big bowl, add some water, the egg, milk and tsikoudia and knead until the dough becomes hard. Let it rise for 1-2 hours. 
2. Then roll out a very thin pastry sheet, cut it in stripes (2-4 cm), fold it in various shapes and fry the xerotigana in sizzling oil *. 
3. See that their colour turns golden and not brown. When they are ready, take them out of the pan and strain them.

Then prepare the syrup (for 10-15 xerotigana) as follows:

1. Mix the water and sugar in a saucepan stirring continuously, and let it boil for 10-15 minutes until the syrup becomes thick.
2.  Remove from the fire, add the honey and continue stirring in order for the syrup not to stick. 
3. Then dip the xerotigana in it one by one, soak them for 1-2 minutes, take them out, put them in a large flat dish and sprinkle with some sugar, cinnamon and some burnt sesame, if you want.

*Use plenty of olive oil during frying because the xerotigana must be floating in it.

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