Lenten Recipes
Although no animal products, including fish, are not allowed to be eaten during Lent, except for Palm Sunday and Auunciation day, all cephalopods are allowed, as they do not contain blood. The octopus was quite large. I prepared the first step with the whole octopus and part of it was marinated in vinegar and [...]
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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)
Anginares à la polita is a dish originating from Constantinople, in Greek Constantinoupolis, also called «Polis» meaning the city of Constantine. Therefore this dish means «artichokes city-style». Asia Minor used to be Greek for millenia until the Turkish Empire captured those territories as well. The Greeks developed several styles of cooking such as Smyrneiki Kouzina or Politiki [...]
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Welcome to the second edition of Creative Concoctions. I am really very happy that again we have some very talented bloggers who responded to my call to create vegan or Lenten recipes. It gives me great pleasure to present the roundup for Vegan and Nistisimes recipes and I would like to thank each and [...]
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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Kremmydia Gemista, which means stuffed onions is a recipe my mother would often make. She would make the same filling as for koupepia, with or without the minced meat, depending on the occasion. The filling I have made is not how my mother used to make but I used different other vegetables combined with rice. [...]
The first Monday of Lent (50 days before Greek Orthodox Easter) is a Public Holiday in Greece and Cyprus and marks the beginning of Lent and is celebrated all over Greece and Cyprus with a picnic at the fields and mountains (or parks or nearby hills in the big cities). Events and activities take [...]
Continue reading about Kathara Deftera or Clean Monday and Lenten Recipes
In Greek, htapodi is octopus and makaronaki kofto is a small pasta, like ditali. It is cooked in a tomato sauce and then in the sauce we cook the pasta. It is a Lenten recipe, so during Lent no cheese is added on top. It’s one of the most favourite and filling dishes during Lent. [...]
