New Years Cake (Vasilopita)

In a kneading bowl, we sift the flour and then we add the salt, the yeast, the cinnamon, the cloves and the cardamom. We use some lukewarm water to knead them well and in the end we keep a big piece of dough shaped like a punch. In the rest of the dough, we add the olive oil, the raisins, the walnuts and the almonds which must be cut in quarters.

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Knead the ingredients and let the dough rest for about half an hour. Knead the dough into thick phyllos of 2 millimeters and cut strips with the specific wheel to 15 cm long and 4-5 cm wide. Pour oil in the fryer. With the dough, create bows, by pushing the dough in the middle. Pour the bows in the fryer, as soon as oil is hot enough. Pour as many bows as they all need to be covered in the oil.