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Lia Kastanidi’s Fanouropita

By Maria A. Pardalis

Who says food and fashion don’t mix? Definitely not Greek fashion designer Lia Kastanidi! This style maven adores food and loves to bake, yet you would never know it by her 25 inch waist. Lia epitomizes a fine balance of beauty with brains. She was inspired to form her own fashion label while living in London, but it wasn’t until she moved back to Greece that it all came to life. Using her passion for comfort, femininity, and Greece’s natural beauty, Lia created ENOE ME.

Enoe Me was inspired by Lia’s native land of Uenye in the Black Sea of Asia Minor where her grandfather was born. She wanted to dedicate something to her family through fashion. While speaking with Lia about her love for fashion, her love for food came up repeatedly and so I had to get a recipe out of her for you. Naturally, Lia shared a family favorite, a recipe for Fanourpita.

“The ingredients have to be 9! Thats what my mum always said..and you bake it on 26th Aug, one day before the celebration of St. Fanourios”
Lia Kastanidi’s Fanouropita

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups self-rising flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 2/3 cup olive oil
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
  • ½ cup raisins or a splash of cognac
  • Confectioner’s sugar for garnish

Preparation:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a big bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cloves and cinnamon. Mix well and set aside.
  2. Add olive oil, orange juice and sugar in another bowl.
  3. Take wet ingredients and pour into dry ingredients. Mix well and slowly add walnuts, raisins and/or cognac.
  4. Pour batter in an 11 inch round shaped baking pan that has been greased in olive oil and lightly sprinkled with flour. Place in preheated oven and bake for 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  5. Garnish cake with confectioner’s sugar and enjoy!
For more information on Lia Kastanidi and her amazing fashion line ENOE ME, check out: www.enoeme.com
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