{"id":13354,"date":"2021-11-12T13:59:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T13:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petros-syrigos.com\/karydopita-sokolata\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T08:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:21:07","slug":"karidopita-with-chocolate-sweet-walnut-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petros-syrigos.com\/en\/karidopita-with-chocolate-sweet-walnut-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cKaridopita\u201d with chocolate (Sweet walnut pie)"},"content":{"rendered":"

An easy recipe for a tasty \u201ckaridopita\u201d with chocolate, one of the most famous traditional sweets in Greece!<\/p>

Ingredient<\/h4>
  • 500 g chopped walnuts<\/li>
  • 250 gr. fresh butter<\/li>
  • 200 gr. sugar<\/li>
  • 8 eggs<\/li>
  • 200 gr. toast<\/li>
  • 4 tbsp. baking powder<\/li>
  • 1 tbsp. cinnamon powder<\/li>
  • 1\/2 tbsp. clove powder<\/li>
  • zest of 1 orange<\/li>
  • 75 ml of brandy<\/li> <\/ul>

    For the syrup:<\/h4>
    • 500 ml of water<\/li>
    • 500 g sugar<\/li>
    • 70 ml of brandy<\/li>
    • 1 vanilla<\/li>
    • 1 tbsp orange juice<\/li>
    • 1 orange peel<\/li> <\/ul>

      For the chocolate icing:<\/h4>
      • 250 gr. butter<\/li>
      • 200 gr. powdered sugar<\/li>
      • 200 g chocolate in tears<\/li> <\/ul> <\/div> <\/div>

        Execution<\/h4>
        1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees.<\/li>
        2. Butter a baking tray of about 35 cm and sprinkle it with flour, shake off the extra flour.<\/li>
        3. Beat the sugar with the butter in the mixer for about 4 minutes until it becomes a white and fluffy mixture.<\/li>
        4. Add the eggs one by one, gradually continuing to beat.<\/li>
        5. Add the brandy and the orange zest and beat for a while.<\/li>
        6. Set the mixture aside.<\/li>
        7. In a large bowl add all the powdered ingredients [toast, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, baking powder] and mix well.<\/li>
        8. Finally, crush the walnut, it must be coarsely chopped.<\/li>
        9. Add the mixture to the mixer with the butter mixture and mix until smooth.<\/li>
        10. Put the mixture in the pan and bake in a preheated oven for 45 minutes.<\/li>
        11. Remove the walnut pie from the oven and leave it in the pan on the edge to cool well.<\/li> <\/ol>

          For the syrup:<\/h4>
          1. Add all the ingredients for the syrup to a saucepan and boil for 10 minutes after it boils.<\/li>
          2. Slowly syrup the walnut pie with a large spoon.<\/li>
          3. Set aside the walnut pie to absorb the syrup well and cool.<\/li> <\/ol>

            For chocolate glaze:<\/h4>
            1. In a bowl and over boiling water (bain marie) put the butter over medium heat together with the chocolate and stir until melted.<\/li>
            2. Sift the sugar, stirring constantly until the ingredients are combined.<\/li>
            3. Remove from the heat for 5-8 minutes to cool slightly and pour over the walnut pie.<\/li>
            4. Serve the walnut pie with grated walnut<\/li> <\/ol> <\/div> <\/div> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              An easy recipe for a tasty \u201ckaridopita\u201d with chocolate, one of the most famous traditional sweets in Greece! Ingredient 500 g chopped walnuts 250 gr. fresh butter 200 gr. sugar 8 eggs 200 gr. toast 4 tbsp. baking powder 1 tbsp. cinnamon powder 1\/2 tbsp. clove powder zest of 1 orange 75 ml of brandy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2811,2821,2833,2819,2876],"tags":[3025,3026,3027,3028],"class_list":["post-13354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baking-sheets","category-chocolate","category-christmas-sweets","category-traditional-sweets","category-tv-recipes","tag---en","tag----en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petros-syrigos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petros-syrigos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petros-syrigos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petros-syrigos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petros-syrigos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13354"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/petros-syrigos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13365,"href":"https:\/\/petros-syrigos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13354\/revisions\/13365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petros-syrigos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petros-syrigos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petros-syrigos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petros-syrigos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}