Make your own Greek spice mixture. You can use it to add a little extra flavour to your Greek dishes. It goes well with poultry but also in many more recipes.
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Piperies Florinis are red long sweet peppers, named after the prefecture of Florina, in Norther Greece, where they are produced. I read that these Florina red sweet peppers have been growing in Florina for centuries and date back to antiquity. They were probably brought back to Macedonia from India by the descendants of the troops …
Two friends from Romania have passed these great Awards to me and I am truly honoured. Elena, of Bucataria Elenei, has passed this wonderful award. Thank you Elena. Alison, of Alison’s Trials, has passed the above award as well as this one. Thank you Alison. Both Awards go to all my blogging friends with love …
Louvi, as we call it in Cyprus, are the black eyed beans. Although the word “louvi” is ancient Greek from lovion, plural lovia (λόβιον, πλ. λόβια), in Greece this word is not used any more. Instead, they are called fassolia mavrommatika, which means black-eyed peas.
You’ve heard me talking about the Mediterranean Diet many times in my posts. For those of you who are not familiar with this diet, this is the modern nutritional recommendation, inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of Crete which expanded to the remaining parts of Greece and followed by most of the countries of Southern …
The 23rd April is the memorial day of St. George. My eldest son is named George and today is a day of celebration. St. George (one of my first icons) I’ve been preparing a few things today and tomorrow I will be very busy cooking most of the day as we will be celebrating it …
I’ve already spoken about syglino or pasto which is cured pork meat which is smoked. However, after the meat is cured and smoked it has to be cooked and preserved in olive oil. This is an old method which they used when there were no refrigerators but it is still used as it adds flavour to the cured meat.
Athens, is surrounded by mountains and in the East of Athens is Mount Hymettus, (in Greek Υμηττός), sometimes written as Hymettos, Ymitos, Imitos, etc., but I will stick to the right transliteration of the word.
Roxakia are Greek vegan, bicoloured, yeasted dough cookies, which after being baked are drenched in syrup. The original recipe is not vegan as it requires eggs and milk in the dough. I have made my own Lenten version with no milk and no eggs and they were even better than the original ones.
The white giant beans called “gigantes or elephantes” have been cultivated in Northern Greece (Kastoria, Florina, and Drama etc.,) for centuries and are recognized by the European Union as products of Protected Geographic Indication (PGI). These black giant beans are a new Greek variety and are not widely known in Greek cooking yet. They are …