Portokalopita
Portokalópita is a typical Greek cake whose main ingredient is sweet orange. Portokalópita is very popular in Greece and is usually consumed as a dessert with coffee. Within Greek pastries, it belongs to the family of cakes called siropiasta, sweets that are bathed in syrup, such as baklava. Although it has a sponge-like appearance, its dough is actually made from dry shreds of filo dough., to which a mixture of Greek yogurt, egg and orange juice is added. It is bathed on top with a syrup that has been simmered with oranges and sometimes flavored with vanilla and / or cinnamon. Ideally, it is consumed the next day or the day after, when the syrup is fully absorbed and all the flavors of the cake have been integrated. The mouthfeel should be fluffy and juicy, preventing it from being compact.
Orange is a staple ingredient of Greek cuisine and is grown in the south of the Peloponnese peninsula and Arta and on the island of Chios, between others.