Discover the Health Benefits of Mastic Gum

Greece is famous for the production of mastiha, or mastic, a tree resin collected from mastic trees that flourish in the distinct climate of Chios. Just 1 kilogram can retail for about $350. Today, it's known as "white gold" for its presumed health benefits and various uses in gum, cosmetics, and food. But harvesting this resin isn't simple. It requires farmers to first hurt the trees with as many as 600 cuts into each one's bark. It's only after each droplet has been collected by hand that the

Mastic and Mahleb Milk Pie - Ingredients 16 sheets of filo pastry150g unsalted butter20g sugar50g Aginis pistachiosFor the cream:700g whole milk300g heavy cream6 egg yolks30g sugar200g vanilla mastic cream1 tsp mahleb120g cornflourFor the topping:50g almond flakes30g Aegina pistachiosBake at 160 degrees Celsius for 1 hour.The cream should cool down before combining it with the pastry for baking.After baking, the pie needs to sit at room temperature for 4 hours before cutting.Kali Orexi! #dessert