Daktyla
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| Type | Bread |
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| Place of origin | Greece |
| Main ingredients | Wheat flours, fine cornmeal |
Daktyla (Greek: Δάχτυλα) is a leavened 'country' or 'village' bread from Greece,[1] but also popular in Cyprus[2] and Turkey.[3]
It has a segmented shape resembling fingers of bread, which give it its name of 'finger bread'[4] (Δάχτυλα, Daktyla in Greek means "fingers"[1]), which is made by making deep slashes in a loaf before baking,[3] or making a row of rolls of dough and allowing them to become attached to each other at proving stage.[1] It is traditionally made from a 'country' flour, which is a mix of wheat flours and fine cornmeal, which gives it a light yellow colour,[1] and is topped with sesame and nigella seeds,[2][3] some recipes also include nigella seeds in the dough.[3][5]
In Cyprus, the name daktyla is also used for long, thin pastries stuffed with almonds, cinnamon, and sugar, then fried and soaked in a syrup flavored with orange blossom water or rose water.[6][7][8][9]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 'Bread', Eric Treuille, Ursula Ferrigno, Ian O'Leary (Dorling Kindersley) ISBN 978-1-4053-1996-6
- ^ a b 'Store uses its loaf — and bakes new Polish bread' , Wishaw Press, 26 Sep 2007 - Retrieved 31 May 2010
- ^ a b c d 'The World Encyclopedia of Bread and Bread Making', Christine Ingram and Jennie Shapter (Lorenz Books) ISBN 1-85967-912-9
- ^ 'Daktyla: Greek finger bread' - Il Forno, 20 January 2004 - Retrieved 31 May 2010
- ^ Daktyla recipe King Arthur Flour - Retrieved 31 May 2010
- ^ The Rough Guide to Cyprus (Travel Guide eBook). Apa Publications (UK) Limited. 1 July 2019. ISBN 978-1-78919-578-1.
- ^ Roufs, Timothy G.; Roufs, Kathleen Smyth (29 July 2014). Sweet Treats around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 979-8-216-15204-0.
- ^ Cyprus To-day. Public Information Office. 2002.
- ^ Astin, Loulla (19 July 2024). My Kosmos My Kitchen: Easy Greek and Cypriot Recipes. Austin Macauley Publishers. ISBN 978-1-3984-2131-8.
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