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Best Spoon sweets in Sydney

“A well-made spoon sweet retains the original shape, color, aroma and taste of the fruit.”

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Spoon sweets (Greek: γλυκό του κουταλιού) are sweet preserves, served in a spoon as a gesture of hospitality in Greece, Cyprus and some other countries in the balkans. They can be made from almost any fruit, though sour and bitter fruits are especially prized. There are also spoon sweets produced without fruit. Some of the fruits that are used include seedless grapes, mulberries, strawberries and other berries, bergamot, apricots, quinces, apples, pears, sour and sweet cherries, oranges, kumquats, lemons, grapefruit, tangerines, pomegranates, figs, prunes, etc. Watermelon and melon can also be made into spoon sweets, but because their flesh is too delicate to retain its texture, the rind is traditionally used instead. Other varieties include green, unripe walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, and other nuts, or even flower petals like rose. Many fruits or parts of fruits that are normally inedible, such as the various citrus peels and blossoms, or sliced citrus fruits with their peel intact

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Spoon sweets are Cyprus's answer to hospitality itself—jewel-bright preserves that sit gleaming in small porcelain bowls, offered by the teaspoon alongside coffee with the formality of ritual. What makes them singular is their restraint and precision: a well-made spoon sweet holds the fruit's original shape, color, even its perfume intact, whether it's a whole strawberry, a quince slice, or the rind of a watermelon that would otherwise be discarded. The range is staggering—from kumquats to rose petals to baby eggplants—but the craft is always the same: coaxing sweetness out of sour and bitter fruits without obliterating what made them worth preserving in the first place.

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