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Mustalevria (Greek: μουσταλευριά) or must jelly (also mustpie and mustcake) is a traditional Greek kind of pudding made of grape must mixed with flour and boiled until thick. Moustokouloura, must biscuits or must cookies is the biscuit (cookies) version of it.

Mustalevria

Alternative names	Moustokouloura (cookies), Mustopita (pie form), Palouzes, Kefteria, Kourkouta
Type	Pudding
Place of origin	Greece
Main ingredients	Grape must, flour

Historical information and names

Moustalevria originated in ancient Greece where it was known under the name oinouta (Greek: οινούτα).[1]^{[dubious – discuss]}

During the Byzantine era it was called mustopita (Greek: μουστόπιτα) or pastellos (Greek: πάστελλος).[2] Nowadays except from its standard name, moustalevria has alternative names that differ from place to place. E.g., it is also known as kefteria[3] in Crete, kourkouta[2] in Samos, palouzes[4] in Cyprus and mustopita[5][6] in other regions.

Preparation

In order to produce mustalevria, grape must (the juice from pressed grapes before fermentation) is boiled in low fire. Then a small amount of argil is added in order to clean the must.[4][7] After the boil, ingredients like flour, sugar, semolina, petimezi, sesame, vanilla, almonds, walnuts, etc. are included.[4][5] Mustalevria is popular at grape harvest season when the must is fresh.

See also

• Ancient Greek cuisine
• List of grape dishes
• Pelamushi

References

Bibliography

• Γ. Μπαμπινιώτης (Babiniotis), Λεξικό της Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας, Athens, 2005.

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