Pomegranate syrup starts with juice and sugar and pomegranate molasses with same ingredients but reduced to the consistency of thick syrup.
Mediterranean diet
Cottage Pie or Shepherd’s Pie is a delicious English traditional pie, the first made with ground beef, whereas the second is made with ground lamb, with a crust made with mashed potatoes.
My favourite eggplants until now were “tsakonikes” which I thought were the only ones which were sweet. I avoided cooking with the big round purple ones, as I heard that they were bitter. I’ve been seeing white eggplants at the market place for a long time but had never tried them until recently. When …
I love cherries and it’s been a long time I’ve being wanting to make a cake with them but this year being on a diet I do not make desserts often, (the previous one I posted was a recipe from last year), and I really miss baking! Last week I decided that since it’s been …
If you’re craving a burger, make these juicy Greek flavoured turkey burgers. These burgers are bursting with flavor from garlic, oregano, thyme, tarragon, black pepper and carino seasoning.
After making the pickled cherries I started using them in various recipes. These recipes can be turned into a four course meal.
A few days ago when I posted the Scarlet Pesto with Piperies Florinis I was planning to call it Red Pesto and google searching to see if there were other pestos with similar names I found this pesto and knew from that moment that it was something I wanted to try. Pesto alla Trapanese or …
Although I’ve stopped going to the gym since the beginning of this month as the weather has been very hot, most of the mornings we have been going to the beach for swimming. However, I still want to get some more exercise and there was a great offer on home treadmills which are pliable, …
Dolmades or Koupepia (as we call them in Cyprus) are made from grape leaves (also known as vine leaves) and are stuffed with rice, ground pork or beef, fresh herbs and seasonings. I’ve been revisiting all the Greek traditional recipes over the past year and have been substituting pork or beef minced meat with turkey …
I love making vegetables into pestos but I don’t make the usual Ligurian or Genovese pesto with pinenuts and parmesan. I don’t have anything against parmesan but I love Greek cheeses more and I also prefer to support Greek cheeses, so I have adapted the pestos with local flavours . Regarding pinenuts I am not …