Poultry

Ivy on Δεκεμβρίου 23rd, 2009

Most of us have a hard time deciding what to cook for the holidays. Here are a few ideas and hope this will help a few of you. Psaronefri with prune sauce Stuffed Turkey Roulade Stuffed Turkey (Cypriot recipe) Cottage pie with your leftovers Roasted lamb or goat Beef in Dark Beer and Pumpkin Sweet [...]

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Ivy on Νοεμβρίου 29th, 2009

Another thing we tried, while in Rome was Calzone. Although I had heard of calzone,  I thought it would be much smaller and  imagined it to be something like a turnover with phyllo pastry, similar to the Greek bourekia otherwise called Kaltsounia in Crete (do you see any similarities in the name?).  However, kaltsounia are [...]

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Ivy on Οκτωβρίου 21st, 2009

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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Ivy on Οκτωβρίου 18th, 2009

This recipe was given to me by a friend, years ago before I started blogging and I didn’t think back then to ask her where she got this recipe from. Until today this is one of my favourite recipes and it’s one of those meals that you feel that you don’t need a dessert afterwards [...]

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Ivy on Σεπτεμβρίου 22nd, 2009

Summer Escapes – Part IV -  Kladas, Laconias Kladas is a small village just a few kilometres before reaching Sparta and that is where we usually stay when we visit our relatives. This is the view of the village from the house and the last buildings near the mountain, is part of Sparta. This is [...]

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Ivy on Σεπτεμβρίου 8th, 2009

Summer Escapes Part II Taygetus Mountain: Sparti – Megalopolis This is a local recipe from Lakonia and is a very rustic, traditional village recipe with rooster but it can also be made with chicken. Kokoras Bardouniotikos means Rooster from Vordonia area. Before giving the recipe I would like to tell you a few things about [...]

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Souvlaki< (plural souvlakia), is attested in Greece since antiquity and it was known with the name οβελίσκος (obeliskos), dim. of όβελος (obelos), «spit», mentioned amongst others in the works of Aristophanes («Acharnians» 1007, «Clouds» 178, «Wasps» 354, «Birds» 388, 672), Xenophon («Hellenica» HG3.3.7), Aristotle («Politics» 1324b19), etc. A meat and bread recipe which resembles the [...]

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Ivy on Ιουλίου 11th, 2009

Kotopita is one of many types of pita, or Greek savory pies.    After making the pork and beef galettes using leeks, I wanted to try leeks with chicken as well. I based this pie on the Chicken Pie I used to make in the past, only instead of using puff pastry I used the provencal [...]

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Ivy on Μαρτίου 9th, 2009

This is a recipe I have prepared a few weeks ago.  Although I was planning to cook something vegetarian for Joan’s event A Culinary Tour around the world, unfortunately I did not manage to cook something, for personal reasons. BloggerAid is also inviting its members to join Earth Hour 2009. With only a few days [...]

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Ivy on Φεβρουαρίου 12th, 2009

A Caesar salad has chicken breasts, romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with parmesan cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, anchovies, and black pepper.  Wikipedia. Continuing healthy eating I wanted to make Caesar’s salad for the first time. After reading in the internet 6 – 7 recipes I got an idea how it is [...]

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