Prickly pear of Symi
He is said to have arrived in Europe from Mexico along with the Spanish in the 16th century. Today it grows throughout the South Aegean, and almost all over Greece. In southern Aegean, it is most appreciated in Symi, Kimolos and Naxos. It is cleaned with a lot of care and is usually eaten fresh. Some areas are also dried. One of the most unusual sweets is the misokofti of Symi, boiled prunes and flour.
Misokofti of Symi
The Misokofti is a soft cream that looks very much like the mustalevria but is made with juice of ripe red roasted pear juice. Prickly pear is a fruit with several beneficial properties and many nutrients. It has a high content of vitamin C but also copper, potassium, calcium and especially magnesium.
Akoumia of Symi
The Akoumia, which are basically donuts, are unique because, in addition to the basic ingredients of the donuts, ie flour, yeast, sugar, salt and water, they boil boiled rice (which we do not perceive in taste) and flavored with orange and ouzo. Akoumia is a traditional sweet of Symi. They make and distribute them in every chapel when it celebrates. They consider the sweet of joy, and they made them even when the baby took off his first tooth. The Akoumia is also the Symi pie of the New Year's Day. They put in a coin and whoever finds it is the lucky one of the year. Only on New Year's Day they put honey from above.
Sage of Symi
Symi has one of the finest species of sage due to the peculiarity of its soil, rocky and dry climate on its little mountains.
Shrimps of Symi
This is a rare species of shrimps of very small size, which live in the sea around the island and you can taste them in the taverns of the island.
Voutirenia of Symi
Voutirenia of Symi are round cookies that taste perfectly with local cheese or honey.
Pastes of Symi
Pastes are vanilla biscuits made in stripe-like shape and ideally eaten all the time and accompanied with coffee or tea.
Tourta of Symi
The tourta is a local cheese pie with local cheese and a lot of mint that you will find in the bakeries of Gialos and Chorio. Usually homemade tourtes are large in size, while the tourtes are smaller in size and are sold with the kilo.
Kanelada of Symi
Kanelada is a traditional drink made in the Panormitis monastery and it combines surprisingly with the akoumia offered by the monks to their faithful. The drink consists of water, sugar, cinnamon and carnation. Try diluted with water or with carbonated water and ice.