Greek Recipes

Greek and Cypriot recipes

Garlic Sauce – (Skordalia)

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 […]

Egg and Lemon Sauce – (Avgolemono)

INGREDIENTS 2 eggs lemon juice 1 cup of boiling stock (of meat or chicken). Optional: Spoon(s) of flour, for thickening the sauce METHOD Beat the eggs with the lemon juice. Add gradually the stock and stir constantly while the sauce is heated. Do not let the sauce boil. Add flour if you want to thicken […]

Sauses

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 […]

Moungra (Battered- Pickled Cauliflower)

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 […]

Zalatina (Pork in Vinegar Jelly)

– This is a Cypriot dish which is made mostly in the country side where people raise their own animals for their own use. – It is mostly made in the fall and it is preserved and eaten over the cold winter days. – It is country wide known and used in almost every Cypriot house […]

Elies tsakistes

Ingredients: Green Olives Olive Oil Fresh Garlic Oregano Method: After picking the green olives from the olive tree, you will need a hammer or stone to smash them one by one lightly just to split the olive open. Once this procedure has taken place with each olive, you Place all the olives in a large […]

Cypriot Mezedes – starters

Mezedes is a large selection of dishes with small helpings of varied foods, brought to the table as a progression of tastes and textures. The meal begins with black and green olives,tahini, skordalia (potato and garlic dip), humus, taramosalata (fish roe dip), and tzatziki, all served with chunks of fresh bread and a bowl of mixed salad. Some of the more […]

Cypriot Desserts

Loukoumades (fried doughballs in syrup), Loukoumia, Ravani, Touloumbes and Baklavas are some well-loved desserts. There are also Pastish, cookies made of ground almonds, that are offered to guests at weddings. Flaounes are savory Easter pies that contain goats cheese (or a variety of cheeses), eggs, spices and herbs all wrapped in a yeast pastry, then brushed with egg […]