Post Tagged with: "Potato"

Christmas Eve Broccoli Soup

Serves/Yields: 6 persons

Difficulty: Medium

Season: Autumn/Winter

Greek: Soupa broccolo

A tasty soup, a nice solution for your Christmas eve menu. Source: Menu magazine, November 2000

Sofrito from Corfu

Sofrito from Corfu

Serves/Yields: 4 - 6 persons

Difficulty: Medium

Season: Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter

Greek: Kerkyraiko Sofrito

This is a traditional recipe from Corfu, the beautiful island of the Ionian sea.

Eggplants with potato puree

Eggplants papoutsakia stuffed with vegetable puree

Serves/Yields: 4 persons

Time: 1,5 - 2 hours

Difficulty: Medium

Season: Summer/Autumn

Greek: Melitzanes paputsakia me poure laxanikwn

If you are following an alkaline diet based on vegetables, pulses and fruits you can try mixing eggplants with vegetable mash. This recipe does not have any sugar, meat, egg, flour.

Garlic Sauce

Season: All seasons

Greek: Skordalia

Used in fried fish like in fried cod dish. Also served as a side dish together with beetroot salad. It has many variations around Greece. In the Ionian islands they use potato instead of breadcrumb and they call it “Aliatha”.

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.

Burgers with quaker oats

Burgers with quaker oats served with baked potatoes

Serves/Yields: 10 - 12 burgers

Time: 1,5 hour

Difficulty: Medium

Season: All seasons

Greek: Biftekia me vromi kai patates sto fourno

Juicy and aromatic burgers, served with baked potatoes. Instead of hard tack or stale bread with mixed the minced meat with quaker oats.

Potatoes with garlic onion and milk

Boiled potatoes with milk, onion and garlic

Serves/Yields: 4 persons

Time: 30 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Season: Winter

Greek: Patates vrastes me kremmudi, skordo kai gala

This is a dish up of some remaining food ingredients, leftovers in the fridge.

Shi drum fish plaki

Serves/Yields: 4 persons

Time: 1,5 hour

Difficulty: Medium

Season: All seasons

Greek: Mylokopi plaki

Plaki can be done with swordfish fillets as well. Shi drum is less salty than swordfish and has a mild taste.