DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Daktyla
Finger-shaped almond pastries fried and dipped in spiced syrup.
About Daktyla
The Cyprus Press and Information Office includes daktyla in its collection of traditional family dishes. This almond-filled version forms small sealed pastries that are fried and dipped in syrup.
Ground cinnamon and citrus blossom water flavour the almond filling. The syrup adds sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon and cloves, with more blossom water contributing the aroma described by the book.
The pastries are golden and crisp when fresh, then gradually soften as they absorb syrup. The source associates these Cypriot sweets with celebrations and weddings, served alongside other traditional sweets.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Almonds.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Daktyla
Cyprus Press and Information Office’s traditional almond daktyla.
- Plain wheat flourBase
- Vegetable oilCooking medium
- SaltSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- AlmondsFilling
- Ground cinnamonSeasoning
- SugarSweetener
- Citrus blossom waterAromaticIngredient page not linked
- Lemon juiceSeasoning
- Cinnamon stickSeasoning
- ClovesSeasoning
- Sunflower oilCooking medium
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Plain wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Conventional plain flour in official dough recipe identifies normal wheat; broader wheat-flour candidate, product formula unknown.
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Dough oil, plant species/refinement unprovided.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Dough and syrup allocations consolidated.
- Almonds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Almonds source-confirmed
- Ground cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Filling ground form, separate syrup stick.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Filling and syrup allocations consolidated.
- Citrus blossom water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Filling and syrup allocations, exact citrus species/product formula unresolved; not forced orange blossom.
- Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cinnamon stick: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Syrup stick; broader cinnamon candidate retains exact form.
- Cloves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sunflower oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit frying option selected over corn oil, separate generic dough vegetable oil.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Cyprus
- CyprusCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Cypriot Cuisine
- Cypriot CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.