…It’s time for candies…
The most delicious Greek a sweets that exist at Kythera, are located in Livadi. In the main street of the village, Rena will serve you and your company her homemade sweets as her grandmother taught her.
All the sweets and candies served by Rena are made following the old traditional way using pure and fresh ingredients. You shouldn’t also forget to taste the profiterole, the apple pie, home made pastries and of course the homemade ice cream in several flavors made out of fresh cow milk.
You may also drink, a variety of coffees like espresso, greek and French roast, fresh juices and other kinds of drinks. According to what people say, Rena has the best Kytherian xerotigana, a sweet made merely in the island and amigdalota, another Kytherian specialty.
All of these of course are made with the use of Kytherian thyme honey. You could also get sweets from Rena to treat your friends since Rena can easily pack them for you.

THE RECIPE WE PROPOSE IS:

Amigdalota (with almonds)

Materials
1 kilo rubbed and ground almond
450 grams sugar
3 egg whites meringue and a whole egg.
grates from 1 - 2 lemons peels.
2 vanillas

Execution
We blend all the materials together well and we form to elongated shapes. We put them in buttered baking pan and decorate each one with with a half almond that we have kept before we grind it. We bake in heat oven at 180ο C for 15 minutes.

Enjoy!