Cypriot
The first dusting of snow arrived this morning and it’s windy and cold outside. The temperature suddenly dropped from 22 degrees C yesterday to 4 degrees C today. I hope that this will not last for long as I don’t like cold weather. Yesterday we went to Nafplion. You can see a video I took [...]
Continue reading about Two Giveaways of Kopiaste Cookbook and more to follow
I finally made it and finished my first cookbook! I submitted the pdf last night and keep my fingers crossed that there will be no technical glitches. If everything is in order then hopefully it will be ready for sale sometime in December. I shall keep you posted. After almost one year of hard work, [...]
I know I said in the last post that I would concentrate on the book but I didn’t want to leave this seasonal recipe until next year. This time of the year the grapes are very cheap so apart from making moustalevria, you can make it into fruit preserve and use it in lots of [...]
Today is a special day as it is the 50th Anniversary of the Cyprus Republic. You will find a short history on Cyprus at the end of the post. Kolokythoanthoi or Ath(th)i, as they are called in Cyprus, pronounced with a thick «th», are the blossoms of the courgettes (zucchini). The zucchini blossom flowers [...]
Continue reading about Independence day with Athoi Gemistoi – Stuffed zucchini blossom flowers
Ι wish to thank you all for your lovely messages, either private, here or at facebook. Although I still need some time to grieve, and it will take some time until I feel like blogging again, I am writing this post for my orthodox readers who may want to make this sweet bread (or cake), [...]
Continue reading about My take on Fanouropita: «with Tahini» (Vegan Cake)
One of my favourite summer dishes is fasolakia yahni, a traditional dish with grean beans, which is easy, tasty, cheap and healthy. Yahni is the method of cooking and is similar to a stew or ragout. In Greece we get two types of green beans. Barbounia, which are flat and tsaoulia, which are round. [...]
Continue reading about Fassolakia Yiahni (Green beans in tomato sauce)
Mahalebi is a cream we make in Cyprus like pudding. The traditional way of flavouring this cream is with rose water, rose syrup and orange blossom water. Back at home my mom served it with spoon sweets and a little syrup on top and my favourite would be with bitter orange spoon sweet. For a [...]
Continue reading about Light Milk Mahalebi with Strawberries
Louvi is black eyed beans. When they are still fresh they are called louvi fresko (or ambelofassoula in Greece) and louvi xero (mavrommatika) when they are dried. Louvi fresko can be eaten as a main dish but also as a salad to accompany other dishes. Louvi xero can be eaten as a stew with chard [...]
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. This year we did not go to Sparta as my daughter wanted to stay and study. She is graduating high school and as the system in Greece sucks if you want to be admitted to University you must study day and night. Like all Greek families we [...]
Continue reading about Kolokassi (taro) and Pork in Avgolemono Sauce
Savoro, which means sour, is a sauce which my mother used to make whenever we had fried fish such as red red mullets (μπαρμπούνι), mullets (κουτσομούρα) or other fish like bogue (γόπα)etc. The combination of vinegar and rosemary is a method they used to preserve food back when there were no refrigerators. Whenever we had friend [...]
Continue reading about Koutsomoures Savoro (Red Mullets with Savoro Sauce)
