Breads
Pirozhki or piroshki or Piroski (as we call them in Greece, with stress on the last syllable), are made from yeast dough and filled with a variety of fillings and are great for snacks, appetizers, lunch or dinner. Last week when I visited my friend Natasha of Five Star Foodie, she posted Pirozhki filled with eggs [...]
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Tsourekia is a brioche type of sweet bread which is braided and is part of our Easter and Christmas traditions. These are the tsourekia I made last year. I made them with chestnut filling and glazed them with chocolate. The chestnut filling is optional but it’s an addition that surely adds to the wonderful [...]
Lagana is a delicious flatbread which is usually baked on the first day of Lent of the Orthodox Easter. This year I wanted to make something different from the classic Lagana so I made it with olives and rosemary. I prepared the dough it from the previous day so that I could bake it early [...]
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Last Saturday 40 Greek Food Bloggers were invited to the Factory of Elais for a tour and familiarization regarding the production and qualities of good olive oil. Arriving there we were pleasantly surprised by the graffiti on the exterior walls which depicted scenes of olive oil production. We passed inside the factory.. .. and [...]
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I think that you will agree with me that there isn’t any one who will say that they do not love croissants, especially if they are home made. I used to think that it was impossible to make them but I challeged myself and after a couple of attempts and watching a few tutorials on [...]
Piperies Florinis are red long sweet peppers, named after the prefecture of Florina, in Norther Greece, where they are produced. I read in the site of a local producer that these red sweet peppers have been growing in Florina for centuries and date back to antiquity. They were probably brought back to Macedonia from India [...]
Continue reading about No knead Ciabatta Bread and Piperies Florinis Dip (Red Sweet Peppers)
A Chinese Tangzhong starter / Water roux starter is a mixture of flour and water. That is to combine together one portion of bread flour and five portions of water by weight in a pot. Heat up the mixture to bring out the gelatinization of starch in flour. What makes the bread baked with this [...]
Did you know that In Greece we have our own pizza which is called Ladenia (Λαδένια), meaning olive oil bread. This is a vegan pizza and is a speciality from the island of Kimolos. I saw this recipe a couple of years ago on Elias Mamalakis T.V. show, a famous Greek T.V. persona. The main [...]
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I have a few pizza recipes to share with you, as well as a couple of calzone recipes I made recently using the same dough, so before giving the recipes here is the dough I use. I’ve been making pizzas for many years but this is my best pizza dough. My friends and relatives say [...]
The 16th of October has been declared as “World Bread Day” by the International Union Of Bakers And Bakers-Confectioners (UIB). On that occasion Zorra, at “Kochtopf”, is organizing an event in order to celebrate bread and the art of bread making around the world. I participated last year as well and although I was planning [...]
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