Desserts, pastries and sweets

Pastries are one of the jewels in Greece's culinary crown, with many recipes adopted from around the neighbouring Balkans and especially from Old Constantinople. They make good use of the local honey, nuts and fruits. Many are σιροπιαστά (siropiastá) or pastries drenched in syrup.

Even the non-sticky gooey ones have a whole different mouth feel—the texture is softer, denser somehow. If someone reading this knows why, please tell me.