TOMATOSOUPA ME HILOPITES Y ME TRAHANA Ingredients: 2⁄3 cup extra-virgin olive oil 5 pounds tomatoes, grated Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 6 to 8 cups water or chicken broth, as needed 1⁄2 pound small Greek egg noodles, or sweet trahana 1 cup crumbled Greek feta cheese Makes 6 to 8 servings Method: […]

Soups with Meat Soups with out meat With pulse Lentil Soup (Soupa Fakes) Lentil Soup (Soupa Fakes) recipe 2 Fasolada soup recipe1 Fasolada soup recipe2 Classic White Bean Soup – Fassolatha Fava – A purée of yellow split peas Cranberry Bean Soup with Chervil and Onions Split Pea Puree Sandorinis – Fava Sandorinia Chickpea Soup – Soupa […]

Ingredients: 3 cups uncooked lentils 12 to 15 cups hot water 1 cup vegetable oil 4 to 5 cloves garlic 1 onion, minced 2 stalks celery 2 medium carrots, minced 1 sprig rosemary 1 1/2 pounds tomatoes, peeled and strained or 1 (30 ounce) can tomatoes Salt and pepper, to taste Vinegar (optional) Method Soak […]

Fakes Ksithates (Lentil Soup with Vinegar) Revithia Soupa (Chick Pea Soup) Soupa Louvana (Yellow Pea Soup) About Trahanas Trachanas (Crushed Dried Wheat in Yogurt)

Ingredients: 10 cups of vegetable broth 2 cups of yellow peas 1 cup of finely chopped onions 1/4 cup of olive oil 1/4 cup of corn oil 1/2 a cup of lemon juice 1/2 a cup of rice 5-6 pepper corns Hot red pepper flakes to taste (Optional) Salt to taste Black olives Method Place […]

Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups of chick peas 1/2 a cup of lemon juice 4 tbsp of Tachini 3-4 cloves of garlic grated Salt and pepper to taste For Garnishment: Olive oil Finely chopped parsley Black Kalamata olives Hot dry red pepper to taste(Optional) The ingredients given are for 6-8 servings Method Place chick peas in […]

Ingredients: 1 cup of Fakes (Lentil) 2-3 spring onions finely chopped 8-10 stalks of coriander leaves finely chopped 2-3 lettuce leaves finely chopped 3-4 cloves of garlic sliced 1 tbsp of flour 1-2 bay leaves 1/2 a cup of vinegar Chopped parsley for garnishment Salt and pepper to taste This soup is usually made during […]

STRADIA Makes 4 to 6 servings This is an “urban” summer dish in Lefkada, savored in its capital. It calls for the grey mullet, which spawn at the end of summer. The female, called bafa, is swollen with eggs, and the male is at the height of his sperm production—details, granted, that are difficult to appreciate out of context. The […]

TO BOURTHETO TIS KERKYRAS Makes 6 servings The name comes from the Italian brodeto, for “broth,” a legacy of Corfu’s Venetian past. A similar dish, at least in name, is the bourieto of the northern Peloponnesos, where it refers to a fish stew redolen  with onions but not colored with paprika or tomato paste. On Corfu, bourtheto is one […]

The World’s Most Basic Soup ZOUPA Makes 4 servings This dish is the apotheosis of the trinity of Mediterranean flavors—wheat, wine, and olive oil. “It’s just like the akraton — the breakfast of bread and undiluted wine—that the ancients used to eat.” At first I thought it was one of those dishes, like so many others, lost to time, […]