Archive for January, 2014

Cuttlefish wine sauce

Cuttlefish in wine sauce

Serves/Yields: 4 persons

Time: 1,5 hour

Difficulty: Medium

Season: Summer

Greek: Soupies se krasi kai saltsa tomatas

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Squid with orzo

Squid with orzo

Serves/Yields: 4 persons

Difficulty: Medium

Season: Winter

Greek: Kalamarakia me manestra

Delicious!

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Meat pie

Meat pie

Serves/Yields: 1 medium baking pan

Time: 3 hours

Difficulty: High

Season: Winter

Greek: Kreatopita

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Mylokopi plaki

Shi drum fish plaki

Serves/Yields: 4 persons

Time: 1,5 hour

Difficulty: Medium

Season: All seasons

Greek: Mylokopi plaki

Plaki can be done with swordfish fillets as well. Shi drum is less salty than swordfish and has a mild taste.

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Mashed Chick peas from Arkadia

Mashed chick peas from Arkadia

Time: 1 - 1,5 hour

Difficulty: Easy

Season: All seasons

Greek: Revithia skordalia

This dip is something between skordalia (garlic sauce) and houmous. maybe 8 garlic cloves are too many. For a mild taste add max. 2 cloves.

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Mylokopi with lemon and garlic

Shi drum fish with lemon and garlic sauce

Serves/Yields: 4 persons

Time: 30 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Season: Winter

Greek: Mylokopi me skordo kai lemoni

Mylokopi is a tasty fish with a moderate price in the Greek fish market that can be cooked in various ways, plaki, in the grill, baked or stew.

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Giant beans stifado

Giant Beans casserole with baby onions

Serves/Yields: 8 persons

Time: 2 - 3 hours

Difficulty: Medium

Season: Winter

Greek: Gigantes stifado

We used giant beans from North Greece and more specific from Prespes lake. This lenten dish was prepared for a Epiphany day, which is on the 6th of January according to the Orthodox Calendar. It serves 8 persons as a main dish

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giant black beans salad

Giant black beans salad from Prespes

Serves/Yields: 4 persons

Time: 1 hour

Difficulty: Easy

Season: Winter

Greek: Salata me mayrous gigantes Prespwn

With this recipe we try to demonstrate how to make a black beans salad that we tried in Prespes district in North Greece. The nice tavern that we tasted this salad was in village Oksia – Mikrolimni (Οξιά – Μικρολίμνη).

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