“This is a great salad to take to a barbeque. All ingredients are approximate, so add more or less of any ingredient depending on your own taste.” Ingredients 3 cucumbers, seeded and sliced 1 1/2 cups crumbled feta cheese 1 cup black olives, pitted and sliced 3 cups diced roma tomatoes 1/3 cup diced oil packed […]

INGREDIENTS 500 gr minced meat (beef prefered) 1 onion, chopped 1/4 kg fresh tomatoes (or 1 small tin preserved tomatoes) 1/4 cup olive oil 1 cinnamon stick Salt Pepper METHOD Heat the oil in a pan and roast the onion. Add minced meat and saute. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 45 […]

INGREDIENTS 1 cup olive oil 1/4 cup lemon juice Salt Pepper METHOD Mix all the ingredients. Can be also refridgerated for late use. NOTES This dressing is usually used on any kind of vegetable, especially on boiled courgettes, potatoes, carrots. It is also commonly used on grilled fish. Greek : Λαδολέμονο Serves / Yields : […]

INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup olive oil 3 cups of peeled boiled chestnuts 5 cloves of garlic vinegar salt METHOD It is very important that chestnuts are still warm when starting the preparation. Smash the chestnuts until they become a smooth “pulp”. Add the mashed garlic and vinegar, and pour the oil while stiring with a spoon […]

INGREDIENTS 600 – 700 grams potatoes 5 garlic cloves 1 tablespoon vinegar 5 tablespoons olive oil Salt Method: Peel off the potatoes and boil them until soft. Then strain them. Place the garlic cloves together with a pinch of salt in the mortar and crush them. Remove from the mortar and save for later use. […]

INGREDIENTS 3 tablespoons minced garlic. 3 or 4 boiled potatoes, mashed. (or 6 slices white bread, crusts removed, soaked in 1/2 cup cold water and squeezed dry.) 1 cup olive oil. 1/3 cup white wine vinegar. Salt and pepper to taste. METHOD (Hand method) Combine garlic with mashed potatoes or bread in a mortar. Blend […]

INGREDIENTS 1garlic 1/2 kg breadcrumb olive Oil vinegar METHOD Wet the breadcrumbs in the water and then drain them well. Clean and crush garlic in a mortar or using a fork. Mix the drained breadcrumbs with the garlic. Stir well the mixture with a mixer until a smooth paste is obtained. Add olive oil and […]

Recipes for the famous skordalia (garlic sauce), which accompanies fried fish, can be found here. Also the avgolemono (egg and lemon sauce) recipe is included. Avgolemono accompanies many greek dishes. Aromatic olive oil with herbs (Arwmatiko elaiolado) Bechamel (Saltsa bechamel) Egg and Lemon Sauce (Avgolemono) Garlic Sauce (Skordalia) Garlic sauce (2) (skordalia) Garlic sauce from Cephallonia (Skordalia Kefalonias) Garlic-and-Potato Sauce from […]

Ingredients: 4 kilo cauliflower 1200gr unbaked loaf of bread or sour dough 1/2 a cup of mustard seeds whole Salt Method: – Cover the unbaked loaf of bread (which you can purchases from a baker shop) with a kitchen towel for about 4-5 days until it turns sour. – Remove the hard stem from the cauliflower […]

Ingredients: 3 cups of chick peas 1 cup of tachini 1/2 a cup of olive oil 1/2 a cup of lemon juice 4-5 cloves of garlic grated 1/2 a tsp of red hot pepper Finely chopped parsley Black Kalamata olives Salt to taste Method: – Place chick peas in a deep bowl or a pot […]