Regional Specialties
Eggplants with garlic and tomato
Serves/Yields: 2 - 3 persons
Difficulty: Medium
Season: Summer/Autumn
Greek: Melitzanes skordostoubi
The following dish comes from the island of Zakynthos (Zante). It might be slightly different from the original recipe, but still the ingredients that are used are the same.
Stuffed lettuce leaves with rice and meat
Serves/Yields: 4 persons
Time: 1,5 hour
Difficulty: High
Season: Winter/Spring
Greek: Dolmadakia me fila marouliou
This dish is cooked on the island of Kythera.
Flour pie from Yiannena
Time: 1 - 1,5 hour
Difficulty: Easy
Season: All seasons
Greek: Alevropita
Recipe comes from the Women’s agricultural cooperation of Epirous.
Traditional pie for Yiannena
Time: 45 mins - 1 hour
Difficulty: Easy
Season: All seasons
Greek: Tebelopita
Recipe comes from the Women’s agricultural cooperation of Epirous.
Stuffed tomatoes with octopus and rice
Serves/Yields: 4 persons
Time: 2 - 2,5 hours
Difficulty: High
Season: Summer/Autumn
Greek: Yemistes domates me htapodi kai rizi
This recipe comes from the village of Plomari in Lesvos island. Plomari is famous for its ouzo.
Traditional sweet of Lesvos
Season: All seasons
Greek: Avgokalamara
This recipe is from Lesvos. This sweet is also cooked in Crete.
Almond rolls
Season: Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter
Greek: Timploudia
Recipe is taken from the agricultural cooperation of Mesotopos village in Lesvos island.
Salad from Constantinopolis
Serves/Yields: 4 persons
Time: 2 hours
Difficulty: Medium
Season: Winter/Spring
Greek: Politiki salata
Famous salad, served in many restaurants, especially in Northern Greece. Salad ingredients are soaked into vinegar and water for an hour.
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