Greek Recipes

Greek and Cypriot recipes

Black Eye Beans with Greens

Ingredients: 2 cups of dry black eye beans boiled 1 dry onion finely chopped 1 cup of water (hot) 1 tomato finely chopped 3 fresh green onions 3-4 small leeks 1 bunch of fennel 1 bunch of chard roughly chopped 1-1 1/2 cup of virgin olive oil Sea Salt Black or Green Pepper Cumin (optional) […]

Holiday Meat Pie/Kreatopeta

This is a traditional dish for Carnival and Ascension Day (the Thursday forty days after Easter that celebrates Christ’s rise into heaven). Ingredients: Filling ingredients: 2.5-lb. leg of lamb, cut into cubes 4.5 c. warm water (heated in a saucepan or microwave, not from the tap) 1 c. minced onions 1.5 c. chopped celery 1.5 […]

Arni sto Fourno (Leg of Lamb)

Ingredients: 1-1 1/2 kg of leg of lamb 1 kg of medium size potatoes 1/2 a cup of melted butter 3/4 cup of olive oil 3-4 cloves of garlic ~ 1-1 1/2 fresh lemon juice (White wine can be used) 1 cup of water Oregano Salt and pepper to taste Other vegetable may be used,Like; […]