Kokoretsi is a traditional Greek dish consisting mainly of seasoned lamb or goat offals. To make kokoretsi the most difficult part of the process is to wash the bowels (intestines) of the lamb.
The bowels should be washed thoroughly inside out. They are then washed and put in a bowl of water with either vinegar or [...]
It is not usual here in Greece when buying baby goat or lamb you have to buy the organs and sometimes the head, as well.
When my husband bought half of a baby goat he had to buy the organs as well. When he brought this along I couldn’t think how to cook it.
Besides [...]
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This roast is delicious and so easy to prepare. In Cyprus we eat a lot of lamb and I remember that this used to be our Sunday lunch. My mother used to go to church every Sunday early in the morning and it’s the only meal I can remember my father preparing for us on [...]
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This dish comes from the time of the Greek revolution, when bands of Greek guerrillas, called Klephts, hid in the mountains. In Greek, “kleftiko” means «stolen meat». In order to survive, the klephts would steal a lamb or a goat from a flock as it grazed on a hillside. The thieves would cook the [...]
