Basynias is kind of an ancient Greek honey dumpling mentioned by Athenaeus, quoting Semos of Delos (who lived around 200 BCE): "on the island of Hekate, the people of Delos made offerings of basyniai, as they are called. They are made of a dough of wheat flour boiled with honey, to which are added pomegranate seeds, a dried fig and three nuts.”
There is, of course, room for interpretation. From my understanding, basyniai were fruit-and-nut-stuffed dumplings, which were boiled in honey water, a technique that we see in several ancient Greek desserts, as with thrion, on which I made a video a few years ago.
To fit three walnut kernels into one dumpling, they would need to be bigger. I decided for smaller, bite-sized dumplings nevertheless.
You need: wheat flour, a pinch of salt, honey, pomegranate seeds, dried figs, shelled walnuts
You can find more recipes in my cookbooks "GARUM: Recipes from the Past“ (available in English, German, French and Italian) , "From Eden to Jerusalem: Recipes from the Time of the Bible“ (English, German and Italian), or "VEGETUS: Vegetarian Recipes from the Past“ (English, German, Italian).
Music: Goddess of War by Unicorn Heads (KZread audio library, creative commons)