Christmas
I suppose most of you know how to brine a turkey but for me this was the first time. I decided to try it this year and it is a fact that it produces a great tasting turkey which is tender and juicier. I am glad I decided to brine it this year as I [...]
All’s well that ends well…. The food you see in the slide show was prepared on Christmas day but we were that close of not having everything.. as planned!! But wait a second… let me go back up in time a little bit. On Christmas Eve our beloved refrigerator «died». The refrigerator had been making [...]
Amygdala is the name of almonds in Greek and this dessert is called Amygdalota “all almonds”. There are a few versions either baked or not. These desserts are traditionally made in theGreek islands, shaped liked small pears with a clove inserted on the top and showered with confectioners’ sugar. I did not follow the traditional [...]
Melomakarona are one of our Christmas traditional cookies which are infused in honey. They have no butter, no eggs, nothing dairy but they are so tasty you cannot just eat one. They can be preserved for a very long time but they get a bit dry as time passes. That does not make them less [...]
Kourabiedes are similar to shortbread cookies. There are many recipes of kourabiedes but the main ingredient which gives this traditional Greek cookie its taste is the Greek sheep’s butter. However, if you cannot find Greek sheep’s butter you can also make them with any other butter you usually use. I have made kourabiedes quite [...]
Can this gâteau get any more decadent? Well, never say no, because you never know. I was planning to make this gâteau or at least a similar one, last year but when I bought the chestnuts to make it I sprained my ankle so I never got to make it. When I bought the chestnuts [...]
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Years ago, before refrigerators were invented or even before electricity, can you imagine how people lived? We stuff our refrigerators with lots of products and whenever we feel like cooking we just thaw something and cook it. Back then people had hens and turkeys, rabbits and other domestic animals in their yards, which they would [...]
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Wow, how time flies and it’s time to make the Christmas Cake again. I have been making this same Christmas Cake for ever, long before I was married. This year I have decided to change everything. Firstly I’ve changed the decoration. They do not make Christmas Cakes in Greece so I cannot find new Christmas [...]
Two Saints for Christmas St. Nicholas or St. Basil? Two saints are involved in giving presents to the children, two different persons, both of Greek origin and who were both bishops. One is St. Nicholas or Santa Claus for the West and the other is St. Basil, (in Greek Aghios Vassilios) or as he is [...]
At the beginning of this month I wrote about the tradition of baking Christopsomo (which translates as «Christ’s Bread») and I baked one so that the readers of my blog could actually see the whole procedure beforehand and bake one on Christmas Eve, if they liked. Today however, is the day we are actually baking [...]
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