Cauliflower with Apple and Orange Sauce

Wash cauliflower and cut into small bouquets. Boil them in salt and pepper until they become smoother. Then, drain it in a colander. Spread them evenly in a baking pan. Mix the eggs with milk, salt, pepper and oregano. Pour over cauliflower and bake in moderate oven until it becomes brown.

We wash the cauliflower, cut it in pieces and throw awy the thick stalks. We peel the potatoes, cut them and boil them with the cauliflower for 20 – 25 minutes. We keep ½ litre of  the boiled water and melt the rest of the vegetables. We add some salt, pepper and nutmeg. In a pot, we melt the butter, we add the flour and let the mixture become “golden”.

In 1922 AD, the monastery was completely destroyed following the raid and attack by the Young Turks and Kemalists. As a result, the Greeks of Pontus and Asia Minor left their ancestral lands and were permanently uprooted.Before their uprooting, the monks managed to hide the holy icon of the Virgin Mary Soumela in the chapel of Saint Barbara. Along with the icon, they hid a priceless Cross containing holy wood from Manuel III, as well as a handwritten Gospel by Saint Christopher.