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Tsoureki

Breads, Flatbreads and Savory Pastries

Tsoureki is a sweet holiday bread made with flour, milk, butter, eggs, and sugar, commonly seasoned with lemon and orange zest, mastic resin, or mahleb. It is known under related names across the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean, including kozunak, cozonac, and paskalya coregi. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Origin Region
Armenia 2
Origin Region
Greece 2
Origin Region
Turkey 2
Classification
Dietary Suitability
Contains Dairy or Egg 1
Connections

Expresses Tradition

Bread Baking, Food Traditions
Source Tsoureki (Wikipedia)

In Cuisine

Armenian Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Tsoureki (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Greece, originated there.
Sources
1. Tsoureki (Wikipedia)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsoureki (dietary-suitability)
    Tsoureki, also known as bsatir, čʿorek, or katʿnahuncʿ ; çyrek (Albanian); kozunak ; cozonac (Romanian); paskalya çöreği (Turkish); or šurēk, is a sweet holiday bread made with flour, milk, butter, eggs, and sugar.
  • In Cuisine: Armenian Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
  • Expresses Tradition: Bread Baking, Wikipedia category: Category:Armenian breads
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2. Tsoureki (Wikidata)
  • P495 (country of origin): Turkey
    Turkey
  • P495 (country of origin): Armenia
    Armenia
  • P495 (country of origin): Greece
    Greece
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