My Recipes
Hello from Athens again. I’ve been trying to write a blog post when I was in Assini for over a week unsuccessfully and I haven’t been visiting my friends” blogs for quite a long time. Please forgive me but there are a lot of distractions in the countryside. You can read a post on our [...]
Okra with fish is a specialty of the Greek islands. I remember years ago seeing a Greek cooking show making this recipe and I have been wanting to make it ever since. The recipe used whole fish with the bones, I think it was sea bass, and that was probably what put me off as I hate [...]
Continue reading about Mpamies me Mpakaliaro (Okra with Pollock fillets)
Going through my files this morning, I saw this recipe I made before leaving from Athens and thought I should share it while there are still fresh, juicy peaches in the market. If you want to use canned peaches this is fine and it becomes the easiest dessert you can make in [...]
The time has finally come and we shall be moving during the weekend. The bad news is that we will be without a land line telephone and consequently no internet for a long time. We applied to the telephone company and although the nearest house with telephone is only 50 metres away, we are required [...]
Continue reading about We are finally relocating.. and Chicken Tarragon Risotto
I love to make fruit preserves and at the end when we eat the fruit there’s always some leftover delicious syrup, which has absorbed the flavour of the fruit but also of the ingredients added at the time of preparation. I have been using leftover syrups in my recipes for ages but until recently, [...]
Continue reading about Krema Karpouziou me Ryzalevro (Watermelon Rice Pudding)
Whenever applying a frosting on my cakes, I used to make a mess on my white platter, so I have prepared a video showing you an easy way not to make such a mess. How to Frost Cakes without making a mess. Cut a large piece of parchment paper. Trace your baking tin with [...]
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In Greece we have a local variety of eggplants (aubergines) called Tsakonikes, named after the region they are produced (Tsakonia) Kynouria, a region in Arcadia, Peloponnese. These eggplants are long, thin, seedless and very sweet, so you don’t have to salt them to draw out bitterness. It is a product of protected designation of origin (PDO) [...]
Continue reading about Melitzanes me tyria (Greek Eggplants with Cheese)
Making crumbles, crisps, cobblers etc., I think is the best way to use leftover fruit. When I go to the farmers” market I get carried away and sometimes I buy more fruit than we eat. So before they perish I end up making crumbles, at least that’s what I call them. Some times [...]
Continue reading about Cobbler, Crisp, Crumble, Grunt, Slump, Clafoutis.. You Get the Picture
It’s been really hot during the past weeks and as that was not enough, I have been suffering from back aches and pain in the neck so that has kept me away from blogging. I have been going for physiotherapy and I am a bit better but still I must avoid staying too long [...]
Continue reading about Cake with Caramelized Peppermint Apricots – A Taste of Yellow
