Traditional kanelada
Traditional kanelada

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, traditional kanelada. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Kanelada is a traditional Greek warming drink. The main ingredient is cinnamon or kanela in greek. A cup of warm kanelada is delicious and boosts our energy and health during the winter months. Cinnamon has antimicrobial and antispasmodic properties.

Traditional kanelada is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Traditional kanelada is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook traditional kanelada using 3 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Traditional kanelada:
  1. Get 1 1/2 l water
  2. Make ready 750 g sugar
  3. Make ready 8 cinnamon sticks

Homemade "Kanelada" with cinnamon and cloves A very easy recipe for traditional Cretan "Kanelada" (cinnamon cordial), that can be served both hot or cold. Kanelada has its roots in the mountains of Crete but it can also be found in many areas of Greece, especially the islands. Traditional Cretan Canelada is a tasteful cinammon syrup. It can also be used as a topping on ice-cream, greek yogurt or sweets.

Instructions to make Traditional kanelada:
  1. Place all the ingredients in a pot and boil for about 30 minutes.
  2. Some foam will start to form so you need to skim it off.
  3. Keep it over strong heat.
  4. After about half an hour it will start to rise which means it has thickened enough.
  5. Remove from heat.
  6. Strain while it is hot because it will thicken as it starts to cool and will be hard to strain.
  7. Set it aside to cool thoroughly. The result will be a very thick syrup. Store in a bottle, preferably glass.
  8. You can keep it in the fridge or at room temperature.
  9. To serve, fill 1/3 of a glass with kanelada and then add 2/3 of water or crushed ice.
  10. In some areas where it snows, they serve it with snow (which is a bit counter-intuitive because when it is cold you want to drink something hot, but if you are in good company and next to the fireplace, it is extremely enjoyable!!!)

Traditional Cretan Canelada is a tasteful cinammon syrup. It can also be used as a topping on ice-cream, greek yogurt or sweets. In the islands of the eastern Aegean, cinnamon takes over the main role in this traditional drink. It is very simple to make - water, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and, if possible, a few leaves of lemon geranium. In the past a food colouring was added to give kaneláda a distinctive red colour, but I prefer it in its natural state.

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