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staka

staka noun: a type of roux particular to Cretan cuisine, prepared by cooking sheep's milk cream over a low flame with wheat flour or starch, generally served hot and eaten by dipping bread in it, occasionally over French fries.

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Noun

staka (uncountable)

  1. A type of roux particular to Cretan cuisine, prepared by cooking sheep's milk cream over a low flame with wheat flour or starch, generally served hot and eaten by dipping bread in it, occasionally over French fries.
    • In the mountain village of Pefki, Piperia […] serves excellent Cretan food. A nerati (a flat pie stuffed with a ricotta-like cheese and drizzled with honey), an omelet with staka (which resembles clotted cream), hortopitakia (wild-greens pies) and a round of wine and raki cost around 20 euros.2008 July 27, Joanna Kakissis, “Days of Wild Oregano and Goatherds”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2016
    • Mains, which range from fish of the day to gamopilafo (slow-cooked lamb served with goat’s curd staka on a bed of oven-baked pilaf rice) are served in good-sized portions for a fine-dining restaurant, […]2025 May 13, Heidi Fuller-love, “InterContinental Crete Hotel Review, Greece”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC

Origin of staka

Transliteration of Greek στάκα (stáka).

Questions about staka

What does staka mean?
Staka means a type of roux particular to Cretan cuisine, prepared by cooking sheep's milk cream over a low flame with wheat flour or starch, generally served hot and eaten by dipping bread in it, occasionally over French fries.
What part of speech is staka?
Staka is a noun.

Words near staka in the dictionary

  1. staithes
  2. staithman
  3. staithmen
  4. staiths
  5. Stajic
  6. staka
  7. stake
  8. stake a claim
  9. stake boat
  10. stake boats
  11. stake of Zion

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