Liver
We had a wonderful time during Easter. Our children came to Assini from Athens and spent Easter day with our neighbours. We roasted a lamb on the spit, kokoretsi and sheftalia. We Greeks, love offals and cook them in many ways. One of the best ways to try them is grilled over charcoal but a gas [...]
I am not really a fan of beef or veal and rarely cook it but I do like liver although I don’t cook that very often either, as it is high in cholesterol. I was craving liver and as it’s been a very long time since I last cooked red meat I decided to cook [...]
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Many people shudder at the thought of cooking or eating liver but in Greece we eat it a lot. I love liver, especially, chicken livers, however, I don’t cook it very often as chicken giblets are high in cholesterol and only cook it two or three times a year, mostly during Easter. Before cooking it, [...]
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Kokoretsi is a traditional Greek Easter 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. This is a time consuming procedure which is advisable to be made a day before roasting it. The bowels, which are [...]
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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