The authentic kourabiedes from N. Karvali

Nea Karvali is a small town near Kavala, in Northern Greece. Its population, according to the 2011 census, is 2177 inhabitants. It belongs to the Municipality of Kavala since 1997. Nea Karvali is famous for its delicious kourabiedes that are related to a traditional local custom of the area. At Christmas, they make a reindeer out of kourabiedes and it ends up in the city of Kavala for the Christmas celebration.

After giving it a lot of thought, I decided, since I come from Kavala and more particularly, Nea Karvali, to give you the authentic recipe that I learned from my uncle who was a pastry chef and had been making those for 45 years in one of the most famous pastry shops in town. So, it's about time for the revelation of this secret recipe and I hope that my uncle who is gone now, doesn't object to me making his secret recipe available to the public.