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Greek salad (2)
Serves/Yields: 4 persons
Time: 15 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Season: Autumn/Winter
Greek: Horiatiki salata
This is a recipe by a famous greek chef, Elias Mamalakis, who is now days very popular to the greek public not
only for his recipes but also for his spirit. Elias Mamalakis the last years is presenting his ideas for nice,
easy and quick recipes on the Greek TV.
Lemon oil dressing
Serves/Yields: 1 1/4 cup
Season: All seasons
Greek: Ladolemono
This dressing is usually used on any kind of vegetable, especially on boiled courgettes, potatoes, carrots. It is also
commonly used on grilled fish.
Semolina and Almond Cake
Serves/Yields: 8 persons
Season: All seasons
Greek: Halvas
The traditional golden formula for halva is counting 1, 2, 3, 4. What this means is 1 cup olive oil, 2 cups coarse semolina, 3 cups sugar and 4 of water. Nowadays, people reduce the amount of sugar from 3 to 2 cups and also instead of olive oil they may use sunflower seed oil.
Oily dishes (general recipe)
Greek: Lathera
The portion of olive oil you will use depends on how oily you wish to cook the meal. In Greece we use to dip bread on the oily sauce that oily dishes have.
Rooster in wine and tomato sauce
Serves/Yields: 4 - 6 persons
Difficulty: Medium
Season: All seasons
Greek: Kokkoras krasatos
Rooster with thick macaroni, also called “Matsata”, is the traditional dish of Folegandros island. This recipe is slightly different from “Matsata” but still very tasty! The picture shows a rooster served with fried potatoes and should not be confused with “Matsata”, served in Folegandros.
Meat and wheat pulp
Serves/Yields: 6 persons
Difficulty: High
Season: Summer
Greek: Keskek
Keskek is a traditional meal served in the festivals of Lesvos island.
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