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Salted sardines from Kalloni Lesvos

Salted sardines from Kalloni Lesvos

Season: Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter

Greek: Pastes sardeles Kallonis

This appetizer is very popular in Lesvos. It goes well with ouzo.

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Charcoaled octopus

Charcoaled octopus

Season: All seasons

Greek: Htapodi sta karvouna

It might look difficult to prepare but if you have tasted it in a Greek island and it was well prepared, then it is worth trying to cook it. It is considered a very famous Greek appetizer which is very often accompanied with Ouzo drink. There are many variations of this appetizer. We suggest you the following recipe. Two tips regarding octopus. Do not add too much salt become it is salty. It does not require any extra water on cooking because it has its own juice.

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Meatballs with ouzo

Meatballs with ouzo

Serves/Yields: approx. 40 pieces

Season: Autumn/Winter/Spring

Greek: Keftedakia me ouzo

Try this nice ouzo recipe. Can be easily halfed. In the cooked chicken balls of the picture we used half cream and half evaporated milk.

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Almond sweets from Lesvos

Almond sweets from Lesvos

Difficulty: Medium

Season: All seasons

Greek: Amigdalota yemata

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Fried sole with mayonnaise and ouzo

Fried sole with white ouzo sauce

Serves/Yields: 4 persons

Time: 30 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Season: Winter

Greek: Tiganitii glwssa me saltsa mayonesa kai ouzo

Instead of pouring a butter sauce on top of the sole fillets with mixed some mayonnaise with ouzo, lemon and dill.

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Cannelloni with shrimps

Cannelloni with shrimps

Serves/Yields: 4 persons

Time: 1,5 hour

Difficulty: High

Season: All seasons

Greek: Kaneloni me garides

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Yuvarlak

Yuvarlak with ouzo

Serves/Yields: 4 persons

Time: 1 hour

Difficulty: Medium

Season: Autumn/Winter

Greek: Yiouvarlakia

Yuvarlak means round in Turkish. Yiouvarlakia are a kind of meatballs with sauce. The are found in Greek as well as in Turkish cuisines. In this recipe we added some ouzo to give some extra flavour in the meatballs.

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Ouzo

Ouzo

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Posted: December 12, 2013

One of the largest producers of ouzo today is Varvayiannis (Βαρβαγιάννης), located in the town of Plomari in the southeast portion of the island, while in the same town Pitsiladi (Πιτσιλαδή), a variety of high-quality ouzo, is also distilled. More about ouzo can be found in (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouzo)

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