Melomakarona
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Melomakarona (Greek: μελομακάρονα) are a popular Greek pastry. They are made of sugar-sweetened dough, sometimes containing crushed walnuts, cinnamon and/or orange flavouring and sometimes sprinkled with crushed walnuts. After they are baked, melomakarona are soaked in a honey-based syrup.
Melomakarona are commonly made and consumed during the Christmas - New Year season along with Kourabiedes, a dryer alternative.
Greeks from Asia Minor commonly call melomakarona "Phoenikia".