Flaouna or flaounes in the plural (φλαούνα and φλαούνες respectively in Greek is a special Easter food eaten on the island of Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

 by the mainly Orthodox Greeks

Greek Cypriots

Greek Cypriots are the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus, forming the island's largest ethnolinguistic community at 77% of the population. Greek Cypriots are mostly members of the Church of Cyprus, an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church within the wider communion of Orthodox Christianity...

.

History

Flaounes have been made in Cyprus for ages and serve as a celebratory food for the breaking of the lenten fast. They are traditionally prepared on the Good Friday for consumption on Easter Sunday.

Recipe

Flaounes are a cheese filled pastry, sprinkled with sesame seeds and sultanas interspersed into the cheese. The cheese can be Graviera

Graviera

Graviera is a cheese from Greece mainly produced on the Greek island of Crete. It is not to be confused with the Swiss cheese gruyère, which is a related cheese that in some languages has a name similar to Graviera....

, Halloumi

Halloumi

Halloumi is a traditional Cypriot cheese that is also popular in Sweden and the rest of the Middle East and Greece, and is now produced in many countries and regions around the world...

, Mizithra and/or Kefalotyri.

External links

• Kopiaste- Paschal Flaounes (Greek)