| The Greek Connection |
Recipes have been worked on and traditionally passed from generation to generation for hundreds of years. This is a collection of the most hearty, delicious, authentic, home-style Greek recipes. Throughout this collection, you may find little stories of the history of a particular recipe, as well as information on equipment, ingredients, and techniques.
| SOUVLAKI | |
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Ingredients:
Put the pork meat in the wooden skewers, salt and pepper them. Cook over a barbecue fire, on a skilet or under an oven grill. In the meantime, spread some oil on the pitas and place under the oven grill, browing slightly each side, but not drying them. When the meat is done, dip them in a long glass containing the lemon juice and then holding a pita bread in one hand empty the skewer contents in it removing the skewer. Sprinkle with oregano and salt, add tzaziki and the souvlaki is ready. |
Starters, salads, side dishes
| TZAZIKI | |
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Ingredients:
Put the yoghurt in a bowl. Put the garlic through a garlic press and using the edge of a knife, spread the garlic coming our of the press on the yoghurt. Take the cucumber and peal the skin. Slice it thinly, either with a knife or using a salad slicer. Mix the ingredients with a mixer (or a fork) and slowly add the oil. The oil will be absorbed, and when it is done, the tzazki is ready. Serve with a spoon and a few olives spread on the top. Tzaziki is eaten with plenty of french bread |
| KAKAVIA SOUP (FISH SOUP) | |
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Put the smaller fish with enough water to cover them to boil. Add the olive oil, the sliced onions and the sliced tomatoes. After boiling them for about 1 hour, strain them through a strainer, making sure the meat of fish is well pressed. This is then returned to the heat and now you put the larger pieces of fish in it. Add water to cover. After about 1/2 hour, remove it from the fire, and slowly take out each large fish and remove the bones, head and fins. Return to the soup and serve hot. |
| HORIATIKI / GREEK SALAD | |
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Ingredients:
Mix the ingredients together and spread the oil over them. Sprinkle some salt, pepper and oregano |
| FRIKASSEE OF LAMB | |
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Ingredients:
Put the oil in a pot and cook the onion slices until soft. Put the salted lamb chops in the hot oil, and brown both sides. Clean the lettuce leafs with water and without removing all the water from them, place them over the lamb chops. Add the fresh dill, cover, and let cook turning the lamb chops over (medium/high setting). When the lettuce is cooked (should be very soft and look wilted) and the lamb chops feel very soft (about 30-40 minutes), remove from the fire and let cool for about 5 minutes. In the meantime, mix the eggs using a mixer and slowly add the lemon juice. Using a ladle, pick up some of the juice from the pot and add to the eggs/lemon mixture while the mixer is continually beating them. Keep on adding the juice until most of it is in the egg mixture (which by this time should be the same temperature as the pot). Empty the egg mixture into the pot and using a big wooden spoon, mix them vigorously to avoid curdling. |
| SPINACH PIE/SPANAKOPITA | |
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Ingredients:
If the spinach is raw, cook and slice thinly. If frozen, defrost. In either case, mix the féta cheese with the spinach to make a mixture, adding the chopped garlic. Spread some butter on an oven tray. Open the fílo package and place each thin pastry (it is as thin as paper) on the tray, buttering each one using a brush. After you have done 8 fílo slices, place the spinach/féta mixture and spread over the entire oven tray, covering the 8 pastry slices. On top of this, place the remaining pastry slices, buttering each one of them as well. Notch the last one creating 2 inch (5 cm) on a side, squares. Place in a medium heat oven and cook till brown. |
| SOUTZOUKAKIA | |
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Ingredients:
Mix the meat with the eggs, and add the chopped onion, the cumin, salt and pepper. Form into elongated balls and turn inside a bowl with the flour. Fry the floured meatballs in the oil at high heat. When cooked add the tomato paste and sugar, and let cook for another 10-15 minutes at medium heat. Serve with either rice or fries/chips. |
| MEATBALLS AVGOLEMONO (with egg and lemon sauce) | |
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Ingredients:
Mix all the ingedients together, and mould into round 1 inch / 2.5cm balls. Put some water in a pot, place the butter and balls in it carefully. Let them cook for about 20 minutes and then let cool. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs with a mixer and slowly, while beating, add the lemon juice ensuring that the sauce doesn't curdle. With a ladle, take some of the juice from the meatball pot, add to the sauce, all the time mixing. Keep doing this until all the juice has been mixed in the sauce. Empty all the sauce on top of the meatballs and serve with some sprinkled parsley. |
Deserts
| GALAKTOBOUREKO (MILK SWEET) (ALSO BAKLAVA)- low cal - low cholesterol | |
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Ingredients:
FOR Baklava replace the milk-semolina mixture below with a mixture of walnuts, honey and cinnamon. Using a brush coat an oven tray with melted butter. Add each one of the filo pastry sheets, one on top of another, until you have coated 8 of them, and put them on the tray. In the meantime, empty the milk in a big pot, add the semolina and vanilla, and bring to boil, all the time vigorously stirring with a wooden spoon. The mix should be like a thick surup (like a fruit jam - must not be too thick). Remove from the fire and leave aside to cool for 5 minutes. Empty the semolina mix onto the oven tray and spread it around so that the entire tray is filled. Continue adding the remaining of the pastry sheets, buttering each one of them until you have added them all. Using a sharp knife, notch squares, about 5 cm per side (2 inches). Put in the oven and cook until brown. Remove and let cool. In the meantime, place the sugar in a pot, add the water, the second vanilla essence and the grated orange peel. Bring to boil and let cool. Pour the surup over the semolina mix and place in fridge. This is a delicious desert and well worth the effort. Must be kept in the fridge as it contains milk.
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| RIZOGALO (RICE MILK SWEET) | |||
Ingredients:
Put the rice in a large pot, add water and boil till very soft (should be
fluffy and thick). The water should have almost evaporated. Add the milk,
the lemon rind and the sugar. Let boil at a setting which would not let the
milk overflow. When it thickens, remove from stove. Pour in individual bowls
and let cool. Sprinkle cinnamon and serve.
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