Spoon Sweets

Greek Handmade Sweet Fruit Preserve in Syrup Black Cherry, Net Weight 760gr, ( Pack of 2 Glass Jars of 380g each): 

A traditional and delightful Greek custom is the offering of spoon sweets to guests as a symbol of hospitality. They are called spoon sweets because the usual serving size is a well-filled teaspoon. The ancient Greeks savored combinations of nuts and fruits with sweeteners like honey and petimezi (grape molasses). However, in the latter years, when sugar was more readily available, that syrupy preserves of fruit, rinds, nuts, and sometimes vegetables became well known and part of the Greek culinary experience.

Our Black cherries are harvested by hands when firm (often slightly underripe) and made into spoon sweets. These sweets are made with simple, natural ingredients that transform them, using traditional handmade recipes, into something entirely new, exciting, and delicious.

Black cherries in spoon sweets retains its original color, taste, and aroma. Are low in calories and provide fiber, vitamin C, minerals and melatonin to your diet. A serving of sweet cherries has no cholesterol and negligible amounts of fat.

Our Greek handmade Black Cherry Spoon Sweets can be eaten in the traditional way and also used to top fresh fruit, in baked goods like cookies and cakes, and drizzled over ice cream and cheeses. Also are healthy confections, visually pleasing, distinctive, and extremely versatile. Offering them to guests is a wonderful tradition and a sign of "sweet" hospitality.

Storage Instructions: Keep it in a cool and dry place. Keep refrigerated after opening for 6 months.

Greek Handmade Sweet Fruit Preserve in Syrup Strawberry, Net Weight 760gr,( Pack of 2 Glass Jars of 380g each): 

A traditional and delightful Greek custom is the offering of spoon sweets to guests as a symbol of hospitality. They are called spoon sweets because the usual serving size is a well-filled teaspoon. The ancient Greeks savored combinations of nuts and fruits with sweeteners like honey and petimezi (grape molasses). However, in the latter years, when sugar was more readily available, that syrupy preserves of fruit, rinds, nuts, and sometimes vegetables became well known and part of the Greek culinary experience.

Our Strawberries are harvested by hands when firm (often slightly underripe) and made into spoon sweets. These sweets are made with simple, natural ingredients that transform them, using traditional handmade recipes, into something entirely new, exciting, and delicious.

Strawberries in spoon sweets retains its original color, taste, and aroma. Are low in calories and provide fiber, vitamin C, minerals and melatonin to your diet. A serving of sweet cherries has no cholesterol and negligible amounts of fat.

Our Greek handmade Strawberry Spoon Sweets can be eaten in the traditional way and also used to top fresh fruit, in baked goods like cookies and cakes, and drizzled over ice cream and cheeses. Also are healthy confections, visually pleasing, distinctive, and extremely versatile. Offering them to guests is a wonderful tradition and a sign of "sweet" hospitality.

Storage Instructions: Keep it in a cool and dry place. Keep refrigerated after opening for 6 months.

Sarantis, Greek Sweet Fruit Preserve in Syrup, Fig, Net weight 900gr, (2 glass jars of 453gr Net Weight each):

Fig is a tree that thrives mainly in temperate countries, such as the countries around the Mediterranean Sea and especially Greece. They are being characterized by their great resilience to aridity and need plenty of sun to produce their delicious fruit. In our country, where weather conditions allow, figs have rich flavor. Fresh figs are available for a limited period, at the end of the summer, but as dried or as spoon sweets, are a popular choice throughout the year.

Its nutritional value was recognized by ancient Greeks, centuries before the scientific community, as well as Olympic athletes were eating fresh and dried figs,  before the events.

The figs are the best plant source of calcium and fiber. The American Nutrition Society has determined that fig the richest fruit in fiber, vitamin K, copper, manganese, potassium, magnesium and calcium in relation to human daily needs. 

Naturally, they contain many other nutrients, in smaller quantities. From these, those whis are being distinguished are the antioxidants ingredients, and vitamin C. Figs are recommended for people with poor bowel function and to those with constipation problem. 

We preserved this high nutritional value, with passion and love based on old traditional recipes from the beautiful island of Chios, in order to offer it to you as a unique spoon sweet. It is a delicious proposal for you and your family.

Keep it in a cool and dry place. Refrigerate after opening.

Sarantis, Greek Sweet Fruit Preserve in Syrup, Grape, Net weight 900gr (2 glass jars of 453gr Net Weight each)

A traditional and delightful Greek custom is the offering of sweet fruit preserves to guests as a symbol of hospitality. They are called sweet fruit preserves or spoon sweets because the usual serving size is a well-filled teaspoon. Fruits, nuts, and vegetables are harvested when firm (often slightly underripe) and made into spoon sweets. These sweets are made with simple, natural ingredients that transform them into something entirely new, exciting, and delicious. It is impossible to provide a single recipe for all spoon sweets. The liquid and sugar measurements vary according to the type of fruit or vegetable used. They are not as dense as jam or jelly. The fruit should remain firm and sit in a nice pool of syrup thick enough to coat a spoon. The fruit in spoon sweets retains its original color, taste, and aroma.

The Island of Chios has several spoon sweet specialties including Lemon Blossom Spoon Sweet, Orange, Sour Cherry and Grape just like the one we are offering you now. They contain large amounts of vitamin C and antioxidant polyphenols. Considered to be a particularly energizing fruit, beneficial for asthma, anemia and arthritis. Also suitable for those with cardiovascular problems, and contains substances that improve memory, eyesight and concentration.

Spoon sweets are healthy confections, visually pleasing, distinctive, and extremely versatile. Offering them to guests is a wonderful tradition and a sign of "sweet" hospitality

Keep it in a cool and dry place. Refrigerate after opening.

Sarantis, Greek Sweet Fruit Preserve in Syrup, Orange Peel, Net weight 900gr (2 glass jars of 453gr Net Weight each):

The beautiful island of Chios, offers generously one more nutritional treasure. The orange, a fruit of the citrus category which is one of the most characteristic of Greece and the Mediterranean.

It is proved to be one of those with the highest nutritional value fruit because it contains vitamin C, folic acid, potassium, selenium and dietary fiber, calcium, iron, iodine, roundtrips. The high comprehensiveness of vitamin C at orange also acts as an antioxidant which protects cells from damage by free radicals while stimulating the production of white blood cells in our body, thus improving the immune system against diseases and infections. Plant fibers contained in orange, help fight constipation and protect against ulcers.

We can enjoy Orange in many ways, either as a raw fruit, which gives us incredible flavor and aromas, or by drinking its unique juice, the same juice used in cooking to enhance the flavor in our gourmet dishes, while the zest of the peel is a key component in pastry.

Our proposal for orange, is based on old traditional recipes, where the passion and the  love of ordinary people for the pure products of our country led them to the wonderful spoon sweets with orange peel. There, after washing and cleaning carefully the orange, we removed the peel, and boiled it in sugar syrup. This method allows us to encapsulate all the taste, the flavors and the nutritional value of the orange for a long time, under strict quality assurance protocols.

Serve our traditional orange peel sweet fruit, preserved in syrup, to your beloved and give them a pure taste of Greece.

Keep it in a cool and dry place. Refrigerate after opening.

Sarantis, Greek Sweet Fruit Preserve in Syrup, Quince, Net weight 900gr (2 glass jars of 453gr Net Weight each):

Quince is a fruit, that although  its high nutritional value, it isn’t  appreciated for what it deserves among other fruits of our country. Quince is cultivated in the Mediterranean, particularly in Greece and in autumn is at the peak of its glory.   For quince there are many reviews in Greece, even from the ancient times , where it was considered to be the Aphrodite’s fruit, goddess of Love, which is why in the later years, it was the fruit that it was given to brides on their wedding day.

Apart from the legend and the customs, the scientifically proven fact is that quince is a very beneficial fruit for our health as it contains valuable vitamins and nutrients that make it one of the most nutritious fruits. It has high comprehensiveness in water and  potassium, also contains vitamin C, A and complex B vitamins. It also contains dietary fibers on generous quantities, and among its nutrients is phosphorus and iron. It is being distinguished for the large quantities of tannin  that has potent antioxidant activity and pectin is good against cholesterol.   In order to the enjoy quince and beyond autumn season when it is ripen, this unique beneficial, winter and tasty fruit, we used old traditional recipes of Chios, where, with love and knowledge based on modern techniques with high quality, we  made for you this spoon sweet fruit from quince. It has a sensational sweet, mellow flavor that floods the mouth. 

Our traditional Greek Sweet fruit preserves from Quince, you may enjoy it with cold water, or coffee, accompanied by yogurt or after meal and appreciate its great taste, unique aroma and high nutritional value.

Keep it in a cool and dry place. Refrigerate after opening.

Sarantis, Greek Sweet Fruit Preserve in Syrup, Sour Cherry, Net weight 453gr, Glass jar:

In Greece sour cherry is considered to be the king of spoon sweets, and we use it to garnish ice creams, creams, yogurts and cheesecakes.

Sour cherries is a cherry variety, called ‘’Oxychymos’’ which produces sour fruits, the sour cherries. They contain large amounts of vitamin C and antioxidant polyphenols. Considered to be a particularly energizing fruit, beneficial for asthma, anemia and arthritis. Also suitable for those with cardiovascular problems, and contains substances that improve memory, eyesight and concentration.

As a fruit is now scarce and only in July, which is its natural season, we may find it ripen, rich in flavor and aromas. In order to be able to enjoy it throughout the year, we apply old traditional recipes of Chios island and we offer you a wonderful spoon sweet that hides inside it all the memories of our grandmothers who were treating children, handmade sweets .  At the same time our experience and expertise ensures our high value, by applying all quality assurance protocols.

Keep it in a cool and dry place. Refrigerate after opening.

Sarantis, Greek Sweet Fruit Preserve in Syrup, Sour Cherry, Net weight 900gr, (Pack of 2 glass jars of 453gr each) :

In Greece sour cherry is considered to be the king of spoon sweets, and we use it to garnish ice creams, creams, yogurts and cheesecakes.

Sour cherries is a cherry variety, called ‘’Oxychymos’’ which produces sour fruits, the sour cherries. They contain large amounts of vitamin C and antioxidant polyphenols. Considered to be a particularly energizing fruit, beneficial for asthma, anemia and arthritis. Also suitable for those with cardiovascular problems, and contains substances that improve memory, eyesight and concentration.

As a fruit is now scarce and only in July, which is its natural season, we may find it ripen, rich in flavor and aromas. In order to be able to enjoy it throughout the year, we apply old traditional recipes of Chios island and we offer you a wonderful spoon sweet that hides inside it all the memories of our grandmothers who were treating children, handmade sweets .  At the same time our experience and expertise ensures our high value, by applying all quality assurance protocols.

Keep it in a cool and dry place. Refrigerate after opening.

Sarantis, Greek Sweet Fruit Preserve in Syrup, Walnut, Net weight 900gr (2 glass jars of 453gr Net Weight each):

Walnut is of the finest spoon sweets. Closely connected with the memories of our childhood, where walnut trees dominated in every house’s courtyard in Greece and the abundance of fruit lead our grandmothers and our mothers, to offer it to us in its most delicious form. 

Sweet walnut is deing made during spring when walnuts are still tender. We have to cut the walnuts from mid May to early June , before they get ripen and their external part starts to get harden and later becomes walnut’s shell.

Walnuts, as nuts, despite the amount of calories contained (a handful of  walnuts, about 30 gr., contains 196 calories), have been proven to have very high nutritional value, as many surveys have shown. It is rich in fiber (2 g. / 30 g.), minerals (magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, copper) and vitamins (B6, E). In fact, a handful of walnuts contains Vitamin C as much as half a cup of olive oil. Finally, it doesn’t have cholesterol, it is rich in sterols, also contains high amounts of monounsaturated (2.6 g. / 30 gr.) and polyunsaturated omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids (14 g. / 30 gr.) a fact  that make them rich in antioxidants. They add value to the Mediterranean diet which offers so much to our health.

The recipe of sweet walnut is based on the love and affection of the inhabitants of the Chios Island, who generously offer to everyone the benefits of this nutrient and delicious fruit with its great taste and unique flavors.

Our traditional Greek spoon sweets walnut that we recommend, will become the most cherished choice for you and your beloved.

Keep it in a cool and dry place. Refrigerate after opening.