Monday, 13 March 2017

Repairing the Wood burning oven at Georgioupolis

I have often mentioned the old bakery at Georgioupolis and its delicious smokey bread, made in the traditional woodturning oven

This bakery was started in 1948 by two brothers - Manousos and Ioannis Foundoulakis and was the first of it's kind. In those days most houses in the area had their own woodburning ovens. They made the bread by hand with a long proving time.

Now after more than 60 years of continual work the oven needed some upkeep.




The "plates' that make up the oven are  stone made from volcanic ash from Santorini

This means they can endure high temperatures and hold in the heat

No this is not potholing! It is the builder crawling in to make repairs!


Repairs done it is business as usual

The reputation of the bakery precedes it all over Crete and Athens

They also make tasty paximadi

Don't miss a chance to try the traditional loaf. Delicious warm, it also keeps well for several days. So on your next visit to Georgioupolis why not buy a loaf?



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