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Pilavuna
A Cypriot pastry filled with cheese, egg, raisins and mint and topped with sesame seeds.
Pilavuna is one of the best-loved pastries of Cyprus; Turkish Cypriots especially enjoy it at breakfast.
The filling is nor or hellim cheese, egg, raisins, mint and mastic; the top is covered with sesame seeds and the pastry is baked in the oven. Among the island's Greek Cypriots the same pastry is called flaouna.
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Updated: October 8, 2026