🥃 Moustalevria
A Greek pudding of grape must thickened with flour.
Moustalevria is a Greek pudding made from grape must and flour. It is not wine but a sweet dish. It is made during the grape harvest, when there is plenty of juice. The recipe is simple, and it is used in Greece and Cyprus.
How is it prepared? Fresh grape juice, that is, must, is heated and boiled. Then flour is added and stirred in until the mixture thickens. The result is a thick mass like a pudding. It is poured into bowls and cooled. It is often sprinkled with cinnamon, nuts or sesame on top.
Moustalevria is one of the grape products. Other grape sweets stand next to it: petimezi, a syrup of grape juice, and pelamushi, a Georgian version with a similar base. All of them show that grapes are used not only for wine.
The dish contains no alcohol, because there is no fermentation in it. It is eaten as a dessert, usually in autumn.
How it connects to Wine
🥃 Moustalevria → kind of → 🥃 Grape products → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🥃 Grape products
- Where it is made
- 🗺️ Greek wine, 🗺️ Cypriot wine
- Similar and different
- 🥃 Petimezi, 🥃 Pelamushi
Frequently asked questions
Is it true that moustalevria is a kind of wine?
No. It is a sweet pudding with no fermentation, so it contains no alcohol.
How is moustalevria prepared?
Must is boiled, flour is stirred in until it thickens, then it is poured into bowls and cooled.
Where is moustalevria eaten?
In Greece and Cyprus, usually in autumn as a dessert.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Greek wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grape varieties, appellations.
- 🗺️ Cypriot wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
Similar
🥃 Churchkhela · 🥃 Grape syrup · 🥃 Pelamushi · 🥃 Grape seed oil · 🥃 Grape juice · 🥃 Balsamic vinegar
⚠️ Wine contains alcohol: adults only, drink in moderation. Wine usually contains sulphites; egg white or milk proteins are sometimes used for fining — important for allergies and for vegans.
Sources
- Wikidata
- Greek Breakfast (Hellenic Chamber of Hotels): Moustalevria (grape must pudding)
- Visit Cyprus (Deputy Ministry of Tourism of Cyprus): Palouze
- Visit Cyprus (Deputy Ministry of Tourism of Cyprus): Soutzoukos
- Churchkhela, geographical indication of Georgia No 2 (Sakpatenti): product specification
- Food Science & Nutrition (PMC): grape syrup (pekmez, petimezi) production