Greek Herbs
Yesterday when I visited Kalyn’s Blog I saw that she had posted about an American Greek Salad. When I read some of the comments, I saw that people were talking about their experience of Greek Salads, as they were expecting a salad with tomato, cucumber, feta, onion, oregano and Kalamata Olives. Some said their salad [...]
Yesterday I went to the farmers’ market again and among other things I bought the necessary ingredients to make Spanakopita. When I cook I always like to improvise and add my own touch to the recipe or maybe something I saw in another recipe and I kept somewhere in the back of my mind waiting [...]
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Every Tuesday there is a “Laiki agora” (farmers’ market) near my house so when I went last week, it was not in my plans to buy spinach but then I saw a stall with really nice and tender spinach. I bought some spinach to make spanakopita and when I washed the spinach, I separated and [...]
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Spanakopita or in this case it is also called spanakotyropita, as it has a lot more cheese than usual, is one of the best pitas we Greeks make and there are even different types of phyllo used for this pita. My family prefers a pie with more crust than spinach so I always make the [...]
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Dakos or ntakos is the name of a Cretan barley rusk. A salad made with this rusk has the same name and is made with cheese and tomato on top. The rusk is also called krithrokoulouro or kKoukouvagia (owl) in Crete, but to be frank I don’t know why they are so called. Probably because [...]
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Greek salad, which in Greek is called Horiatiki salad and means village or peasant salad is a common component of a Greek meal. In Cyprus the salad has more ingredients such as fresh coriander, which is not available in Greece, lettuce and rocket plus of course the other usual ingredients. Greek salad is always on [...]
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Kreatopita is a meat pie that can be eaten as a main course with a salad or as a snack. It tastes great when it’s cold and is perfect to take with you at work or at a picnic. To make the homemade butter phyllo which is similar to puff pastry, see instructions here but [...]
Spanakopita (Greek «σπανάκι + πίτα», spinach + pie) is a Greek pastry with a filling of spinach, feta cheese (sometimes in combination with anthotyro, which is a soft white cheese similar to ricotta), onions or green onions, egg, and seasoning. The filling is wrapped in layers of phyllo pastry with butter and/or olive oil, either [...]
Chirino Psito (Roasted Pork) Today I was having back ache problems so my husband offered to do the cooking, so he cooked a pork roast in the oven. He doesn’ t cook often although he can cook some easy dishes. When we used to work, I would work from 08:30 to 16:30 and my husband [...]
Roasting a chicken takes a little longer than some other cooking methods, but it actually requires very little preparation time. This is one of the most easy Greek dishes but so tasty with lemony potatoes which absorb all the lovely Greek flavours, from the olive oil and Greek herbs. Kotopoulos Psito sto Fourno (Greek Roasted [...]
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