Greek Recipes

Greek and Cypriot recipes

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 […]

Festive Greek recipes

Christmas Recipes Christ or Christmas Bread – Christopsomo Christmas Bread – Christopsomo from Peloponniso Brandy Sugar Biscuits – Kourabiethes Syrup-Drenched Nut and Spice Cookies with Olive Oil Shortbread Cookies from Levithi Lenten Sugared Shortbread Cookies with Almonds Sugared Cookies with Almonds & Cinnamon Sugared Shortbread Cookies with Walnuts Christmas Pudding – Xristougenniatiki Poutinga Christmas Sesame […]

Amigdalota (Greek Almond Macaroons)

Ingredients: 1 pound ground almonds 3/4 cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoons toasted bread crumbs 4 egg whites 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice Pinch of salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Rose water Confectioners’ sugar Method Beat egg whites with salt until stiff, then add lemon juice. Add almonds, sugar and crumbs to egg whites, folding them in gradually. […]

Taramosalata (Fish Roe Dip)

Taramosalata is an appetizer that can be eaten with bread as a dip or as a spread. Will be found in every Greek house and restaurant and now you can do it your self by following the simple instructions. Ingredients: 1 cup of olive Oil 1 finely chopped onion 250g Tarama (Fish Eggs) 1 1/2 cup […]

Salads

Mediterranean Greek Salad Greek Pasta Salad Greek Orzo Salad Greek Garbanzo Bean Salad Traditional Greek salad Greek Hot Potato Salad Greek Swirls Salad Athenian Salad (Salata Athenas) Greek tuna salad Saganaki Greek salad Basic Recipe for Greek Salad Dressing Cos (Romaine) Lettuce Salad – Maroulosalata Zorba salad Beetroot – Pandzaria Salad recipe 1 Beetroot – […]