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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)
Easter Food Traditions, Food Traditions
Source Tsoureki (Wikipedia)

In Cuisine

Armenian Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Tsoureki (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Butter, Ingredients
Source Tsoureki (Wikipedia)
Egg, Ingredients
Source Tsoureki (Wikipedia)
Flour, Ingredients
Source Tsoureki (Wikipedia)
Milk, Ingredients
Source Tsoureki (Wikipedia)
Sugar, Ingredients
Source Tsoureki (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Originated In

Greece

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Sources
1. Tsoureki (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Tsoureki (Greek: τσουρέκι), also known as bsatir, čʿorek, or katʿnahuncʿ (Armenian: պսադիր, չորեկ, կաթնահունց); çyrek (Albanian); kozunak (Bulgarian: козунак); cozonac (Romanian); paskalya çöreği (Turkish); or šurēk (Hijazi Arabic: شُريك), 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
  • Expresses Tradition: Easter Food Traditions, Lead
    is made by Greeks during Easter in Greece, and the Greek diaspora.
  • Uses Ingredient: Flour, Lead section
    made with flour, milk, butter, eggs, and sugar
  • Uses Ingredient: Milk, Lead section
    made with flour, milk, butter, eggs, and sugar
  • Uses Ingredient: Butter, Lead section
    made with flour, milk, butter, eggs, and sugar
  • Uses Ingredient: Egg, Lead section
    made with flour, milk, butter, eggs, and sugar
  • Uses Ingredient: Sugar, Lead section
    made with flour, milk, butter, eggs, and sugar
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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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