Traditional Easter Soup Servings: 8 Ingredients 1/2 lb of lamb’s intestines 1 lamb’s liver 1-2 medium lemons, juiced 1 small lettuce (leaf), finely chopped 3 oz of olive oil 6 oz of rice 4-5 scallions, finely chopped Directions Wash the liver and intestines well and drain. Boil in water for 40 minutes, skimming the froth. Remove […]

With Chicken Chicken Soup – Kotosoupa Greek Chicken Soup – Kotosoupa Chicken Liver & Rice Egg-Lemon Soup Greek Egg-Lemon Chicken Soup – Avgolemono Avgolemono soup With seafood Fish Soup: Red Snapper & Vegetables – Psarosoupa Kakavia – A flavourful fish soup. Kakavia – Fish and Vegetable Soup Island Soup – Soupa nisiotiki Fish Soup in creamy […]

The most well-known version of mayiritsa is made with lamb or kid offal (intestines, other organs) – as a way of using those parts of the animal that will be eaten on Easter day; however, lamb isn’t everyone’s choice. This version of the famous Greek Easter soup is made with chicken livers and is a delicious alternative. Ingredients: […]

In Greek: κρύα παντζαρόσουπα, pronounced KREE-yah pahnd-zah-ROH-soo-pah This recipe has its origins in Eastern Europe, and combines beets, vegetables, herbs, and a touch of yogurt to make a delightful appetizer or main dish soup. Using pre-cooked canned or packaged beets makes this a quick and easy dish.This thick soup is a favorite light meal on […]

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This is an easy recipe for a vegetarian alternative to Magiritsa. Is traditionally eaten after the midnight service on Easter Saturday. It’s basically an alternative soup for those who are vegetarian or who do not like magiritsa. It’s very, very nourishing and terribly easy and quick to make. Ingredients: ½ kg spinach roughly cut 250g button […]

A traditional soup made of natural ingredients Trachanas is a food directly related to the Cypriot culture and rural life. Trachanas is a true national dish such that no visitor should have been left without tasting this authentic soup of Cyprus, made only with a few simple natural ingredients, exactly as it was made decades […]

In our days Cyprus generally speaking, is praised for its Traditionaldairy products. Much more however it prides for their genuineness. In enough villages, until today is maintained with a lot of love and eagerness, the traditional manufacturing of their dairy products. Wherever a Cypriot citizen immigrated permanently, the fame of these products have reached there. […]