Regional Specialties

Corfiot Sofrito with puree

Corfiot Sofrito with potato-carrot puree

Serves/Yields: 4 persons

Time: 2 - 2,5 hours

Difficulty: Medium

Season: All seasons

Greek: Kerkyraiko Sofrito

Sofrito is a well known and unique dish of Corfu. It is made with beef, which is cooked in a wine sauce with garlic and parsley. It is served with rice or mashed potatoes. This post demonstrates the process of making this lovely dish.

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Rabbit stew in lemon sauce

Rabbit stew in lemon sauce

Serves/Yields: 2 persons

Time: 1,5 hour

Difficulty: Medium

Season: All seasons

Greek: Kouneli lemonato

Recipe can be easily doubled. We purchased one rabbit, weighted two kilos, and decided to cook half of it with lemon sauce and the other half with tomato sauce!

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Gum Mastic (Masticha)

Gum Mastic (Masticha)

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Posted: November 5, 2013

  Gum mastic – A unique crop from Chios island.   Gum mastic is a unique crop, which grows only in Chios island of the Aegean sea. It is very popular in Greece but not […]

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Bourani

Bourani

Serves/Yields: 4 persons

Time: 30 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Season: All seasons

Greek: Bourani

 

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Cretan rusk with tomato oregano and cheese Demo

Cretan rusk with tomato oregano and cheese Demo

Serves/Yields: 1 piece

Time: 10 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Season: All seasons

Greek: Kritikos Dakos

   

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Burghul with Fried Eggplant and Herbs

Burghul with Fried Eggplant and Herbs

Serves/Yields: 4 persons

Season: Autumn

Greek: Politiko Pligouri me Melitzanes

Taken from The Greek Vegetarian – Diane Kochilas. The origin of this meal is actually from the Greeks of Constantinopolis.

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Greek Wines

Greek Wines

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Posted: October 15, 2013

From the assiduous efforts of Greek vintners, Greek wines presented at international competitions have won significant awards, making a dynamic appearance in markets abroad, with the result that Greece is regaining the reputation her wines […]

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Santorinian soft cheese pastries

Santorinian soft cheese pastries

Serves/Yields: Yields aprox. 40 pieces

Season: All seasons

Greek: Melitinia

Traditional recipe of Santorini. After cooking preserve them in the fridge since they contain cheese. Recipe is found on the greek magazine Γαστρονόμος June 2006 of Kathimerini newspaper. Picture is by Greek-Recipe.com.

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