Ingredients: 1 small chicken (1kg) 500g hulled barley or wheat (bulgur) 50g fresh butter (optional) 1/2 cup olive oil 1 onion, quartered 1 carrot, sliced 1 stalks celery, with leaves, chopped salt and pepper Method: Place the chicken and vegetables in a pot with enough water to cover. Add salt and pepper and cook over […]
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Ancient Greek Cuisine – Meat
With the exception of banquets and Homeric heroes, meat-eating was fairly limited. In general, meat was festive fare, reserved for public or private special occasions. This was attributed not to a general, early tendency of the ancient people for vegetarianism, but to the same reason that forced Greeks in the early 20th century to virtually […]
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Byzantine Cuisine
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Byzantine Couisine – Encyclopedia
Byzantine food refers to the food of Byzantine, a part of Roman Empire. The food is the result of the fusion of Roman and Greek cooking styles. With the development of Byzantine trade and empire, various kinds of new vegetables and spices, along with sugar, were brought in the region, which eventually led to the […]
Byzantine Cuisine Some Words
As was the case with earlier historical periods, the Byzantine era also yielded abundant and often vivid information on nutritional habits and patterns. Our knowledge, however, of general culinary practice and especially of specific recipes and quantities of ingredients is disappointingly meager. An exception to this general dearth, albeit a minor one, is information traced […]
Carote and Pastinace (Carrots and Carrots and Parsnips in Wine Sauce) Byzantine Recipe
Original Recipe [Parsnips] Another way: [Apicius 119] Boil the parsnips hard, put them in a sauce pan and stew with oil, stock, pepper, raisin wine,strain, and bind with roux. Carotæ and Pastinacæ: [Apicius 122] Carrots and parsnips are fried with a wine sauce. Ingredients: 6 carrots 2 parsnips 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 cup chicken […]
Kakavia (fish soup) Byzantine Recipe
This is a fresh fish soup, which is improved by having as many different varieties of fish as possible. You can make it with salt or fresh water fish, but you will need at least 3 or 4 varieties for the best results. Ingredients: 1 cup scallions or leeks, sliced 1/2 cup olive oil 1/2 stalk fennel, […]
Barley Shaped Pasta Soup:Kritharaki soupa
Servings: 6 Ingredients 1 medium celery (stalks) 7 oz of olive oil 1 batch of parsley, finely chopped 3/4 cups of orzo pasta (kritharaki) 1-2 pinches of pepper 2-3 pinches of salt 9 oz of tomato sauce, or fresh 4 1/2 cups of water, or meat stock Directions Combine all the ingredients but the pasta in […]
Greek Lentil Soup (Soupa Fakes) recipe 2
Servings: 6 Ingredients 2 medium bay leaves 2-3 cloves of garlic, sliced 1.10 lbs of lentils 2 oz of olive oil 1 medium, white onion, sliced 1-2 pinches of pepper 1 sprig of rosemary 2-3 pinches of salt 2 large tomatoes, finely chopped 1-2 tablespoons of red wine’s vinegar Directions Clean the lentils and soak them […]