#FANOUROPITA A traditional pie dedicated to Saint Fanourios -...

#FANOUROPITA
A traditional pie dedicated to Saint Fanourios

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According to custom, the ingredients should be either 7 or 9. Women in Greece make this pie once a year, on the eve of Saint Fanourios name day, every 27th of August. They bring their pies to the church of Saint Fanourios, where the priest blesses them with a nice ceremony. After the Mass, the pies are cut and everybody is welcome to taste them.

INGREDIENTS:

-3 cups flour, sifted
-1 cup sugar
-¾ cup olive oil
-1 cup orange juice
-½ cup brandy
-½ cup raisins or cranberries
-½ cup walnuts
-1 tsp. cinnamon
-1 tsp backing powder

DIRECTIONS:

Mix all the ingredients in a mixer. Grease a pan with olive oil.
Pour the mixture into the greased pan. Bake in medium oven for about 40 min.
Let cool and sprinkle with confectioners sugar.
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