This is a nice recipe for cooking chicken. The aroma of mastic gives a unique taste to the chicken and its sauce.
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Chicken with vegetables and mastic
Serves/Yields: 1 person
Time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Medium
Greek: Kotopoulo me lahanika kai masticha
Garlic sauce from Cephallonia
Time: 30 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Greek: Skordalia Kefalonias
Garlic sauce can also be heared in Greece as “Aliatha” instead of “Skordalia”. The original part of this skordalia is that the potatoes are mashed with a wooden mortar until they become puree. Serve with fried fish fillets like cod fillets.
Stuffed tomatoes with cheese and spices
Serves/Yields: 3 - 4 persons
Season: Autumn
Greek: Domates yemistes me tyri kai mirwdika
Eggplants with sesame paste sauce
Serves/Yields: 2 - 3 persons
Difficulty: Medium
Season: Summer
Greek: Melitzanes me tahini
Santorinian eggplant salad dip
Season: Autumn
Greek: Melitzanosalata santorinis
The major difference from other eggplant salad dips in other greek regions is the use of the white eggplants, which are considered more sweet in taste.
Pie from Ceasaria
Season: Autumn/Winter
Greek: Pita Kesarias
This pie is also called “Pastourmadopita”. The scent of pastourma is strange and not admired by everybody. Some people say that the best pastourma is made from camel’s meat but this is not true. The best pastourma is from the beef’s saddle and is made in Ceasaria. Pastourma is also made in Instabul. It can be found in large super market stores. This is a traditional recipe from the Greeks of Constantinopolis.
Mostra
Serves/Yields: 1 piece
Season: Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter
Greek: Mostra from Mykonos island
Mostra resembles the Cretan Dakos. The major difference is in the use of cheese. Instead of “feta” or “mitzihtra” “kopanisti” is used. Kopanisti is a strongly piquant pale white cheese, which is easily spreadable. Kopanisti of Cyclades island complex is famous. Mostra can be accompanied with ouzo. The strong – piquant taste of the cheese accomodates drinking.
Stuffed eggplants
Serves/Yields: 3 persons
Season: Autumn
Greek: Yemistes melitzanes
Stuffed Eggplants can be baked along with stuffed tomatoes and peppers in the same baking pan.
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