kadaïfi

A classic syrup pastry (siropiastá): shredded mixed with melted butter, filled with chopped almonds (or walnuts or pistachios), cinnamon and sugar, then baked brown and crispy before pouring on a syrup made with sugar, water, honey, rose water and cloves, lemon and cinnamon.

Sometimes it's shaped into little nests called φωλιά κανταΐφι (foliá kantaïfi) and filled with galaktoboúreko. It's also the base for the even more elaborate ekmék. It's also paired with a mild unsalted sheep cheese Kaidan and butter, and baked in the oven.

In Greece and Cyprus, you can buy readymade kantaïfi pastry (it looks like vermicelli) in the frozen section of the supermarket.