Greek Recipes

Greek and Cypriot recipes

Pilafi Pourgouri (Bulgur Pilaf)

Ingredients: 2 cups of pourgouri (Bulgur) 5-6 cups of chicken broth 1 cup of finely chopped tomatoes 1/4 cup of corn oil 2 medium size onions finely chopped 3/4 cup of vermicelli noodles Salt and pepper to taste The ingredients given are to serve 5-6 people. Adjust accordingly. Method: Place the pourgouri (bulgur) in a […]

Baking Cyprus recipes

Tyropsomo me Halloumi (Cheese-Bread with Halloumi) Halloumi Cup Cakes (Cheese Muffins) Paskies me Prozimi (Lamb and Cheese Pie with Sourdough) Cypriot Black Olive Pies Kolokotes (Squash Pastries) Glystarkes (Sweet Sesame Rusk’s) Flaounes (1) (Easter Cheese Pastries) Easter Flaounes (2) Eliopita (Black Olive Bread) Chicken pies Cyprus pitta recipe Kattimeri Cyprus recipe

Kotopoulo Vrasto (Boiled Chicken)

Ingredients: 1 Chicken 1 1/2 -2 kg 1 Stick of celery cut in three 1 Large onion cut in four 1 Carrot sliced in half 1/2 a kg of thick macaroni (Thicker than spaghetti) 1 Lemon cut in Quarters 1 tbsp of salt Grated Greek Myzithra Cheese Method: Clean and wash the chicken well inside […]

Patates Poure (Mash Potatoes)

Ingredients: Potatoes Sour Cream Margarine Mozzarella Cheese (Optional) Salt Pepper Method: The first thing you have to do is to know for how many people you are making the Mash Potatoes for. Once you figure that out, consider 2-3 medium potatoes per adult and 1-1/2 for small kids. Some people will eat more and some […]

Holiday Meat Pie/Kreatopeta

This is a traditional dish for Carnival and Ascension Day (the Thursday forty days after Easter that celebrates Christ’s rise into heaven). Ingredients: Filling ingredients: 2.5-lb. leg of lamb, cut into cubes 4.5 c. warm water (heated in a saucepan or microwave, not from the tap) 1 c. minced onions 1.5 c. chopped celery 1.5 […]