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Making Delicious Loukoumades at Home?

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auroracoor1

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I've had loukoumades many times - both in Greece and elsewhere. I love them so much - especially doused with honey and topped with walnuts in cinnamon. One time when I was out drinking in Greece, the waitstaff brought over a batch of loukoumades simply because I hadn't ordered food, and it was on the house.

Is it straightforward to make these at home? I know they are friend. I usually see people making these with a machine.

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Yeah, they're easy to make. You can also make something called "tiganites" which is very similar. Don't feel obligated to put honey on top (the traditional). Most people in Greece put some kind of chocolate, strawberry sauce, vanilla, white chocolate, or some other sauce...
 
ellinasgolfer0320 said:
Yeah, they're easy to make. You can also make something called "tiganites" which is very similar. Don't feel obligated to put honey on top (the traditional). Most people in Greece put some kind of chocolate, strawberry sauce, vanilla, white chocolate, or some other sauce...
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WOW!!! I never thought to put chocolate on it - wow those other options sound so delicious. I only had loukoumades once in Greece and they had honey on them, but come to think of it, I have seen different version of them in other places. Do they do chocolate sauce? I can picture putting thinly shaved chocolate over and letting it melt and that being delicious...
 
k_tsoukalas said:
WOW!!! I never thought to put chocolate on it - wow those other options sound so delicious. I only had loukoumades once in Greece and they had honey on them, but come to think of it, I have seen different version of them in other places. Do they do chocolate sauce? I can picture putting thinly shaved chocolate over and letting it melt and that being delicious...
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Most Greeks don't eat loukoumades with honey. Id you look at the pictures of the menu, you'll see that the menu is of several different flavors and the tradtiona (παραδοσιακοί) are in thr bottom right in a spot where you have to force your eyes to go.

Some loukoumadea have a sauce in them and some don't. Here are some of my pictures I took of my loukoumades (one with sauce in it and one with the sauce on top)...
 

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