“Tyrop’toudia,” as the locals also call them, are small fried cheese pies, filled with fresh cheese and wrapped in a crispy pastry, which are eaten hot straight from the pan. On the island they are…

The recipe is a trademark of Limnos and especially of the village of Kaspakas, from which it also gets its name, a village that in turn owes its own name to the Byzantine family of Kaspakas. Kaspaki-…