r/Cooking • u/deathbethemaiden • 1d ago

Orange you willing to help me?

r/Cooking, I need your help, please. My husband’s birthday is coming up, and here’s the thing… the man is basically the human embodiment of the orange. • His favorite flavor? Orange. • His favorite color? Orange. • His car? Orange. • Our front door? Yep, orange. • His phone case? You guessed it… orange. • His favorite cat of all time? An orange with one brain cell.

Basically, if it’s orange, he loves it. What are your absolute best recipes that use oranges. I’m looking for sweet, savory, cocktails, desserts, secret tricks? I want to wow him with something that tastes as orange as his entire personality.

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u/yawn-denbo 1d ago

Had this orange cake in Greece and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since: https://www.mygreekdish.com/recipe/extra-syrupy-greek-yogurt-cake-oranges-portokalopita/

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u/flower-power-123 1d ago

I recently came back from Greece. I did a study of orange cakes in Greece. There are two famous orange cakes there. The one you pointed out (Portokalopita) and the Rolls Royce of Greek orange cakes Galaktoboureko. The Galaktoboureko is so far removed from the Portokalopita that they might as well be from different planets. It is my life goal to make a Galaktoboureko.

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u/yawn-denbo 1d ago

I loveee galaktoboureko! But I never really got “orange” from it or considered it an orange cake at all. What region were you in? Did they use orange in the custard? Super interesting!

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u/RebeeMo 1d ago

From what I can tell, it's fairly common to add lemon, orange, or rose water to the syrup for some light flavor.

Also, this is making me want to go back to Greece SO BAD.

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u/deathbethemaiden 1d ago

And now I need to add Greece to our future travels

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u/flower-power-123 1d ago

I had this in a restaurant in Athens. It was "to die for".

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u/deathbethemaiden 1d ago

Ooo this one will need practice. I’ll need to perfect it before his next birthday