Palamida psiti me agouro stafili and sinapi Ingredients: 1 1/2 kg bonito, gutted (or tunny or swordfish steaks) 1 kg unripe green grapes 1 tsp mustard seed 1 tsp powdered mustard 1/2 cup olive oil 4 tbsp finely chopped parsley salt and pepper 12 whole grapes for garnish Method: Broil the bonito over charcoal and […]

Ingredients: 2-3 kg assorted wild greens: hartwort, amaranth, radicchio, sowthistle, nettle, endive, mustard 250 g dry onions, finely chopped 300 g green onions, finely chopped 1/2 cup olive oil 1 bunch fresh dilllweed, chopped 1 bunch fresh fennelweed, chopped salt and pepper Method: Trim, chop and rinse greens. Steam them in a large pot and […]

Ingredients: 1 lt good quality white wine 100 g honey orange flower water or rose water Method: Mix all the ingredients together and serve chilled. (serves 6)

Ingredients: 1/2 kg pumpkin or orange “Winter” squash 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1 tbsp ground coriander 1 tsp salt olive oil for frying Method: Remove seeds and “stringly” part from the center of the squash. Cut the flesh into small pieces 3×4 cm. Mix the flour with the salt and coriander and dredge the […]

Ingredients: 300g onions, thinly sliced 1/3 cup red wine 1 cup olive oil 150 g dry myzithra or goat cheese or haloumi, cut into 12 triangles 6 slices of sandwich bread, cut diagonally (12 triangles) flour for dusting 1 tbsp wine vinegar a pinch of dried thyme salt and pepper Method: Fry the bread in […]

Original recipe: al-Andalusi no. 79 p. C-2 (Good) Knead the necessary quantity of flour, one time with water, another with oil, and to it add yeast and milk until it has the same consistency as the dough of fritters, and leave it until it has next risen. Next grease with oil a large earthen pot, stretch in […]

Original Recipe: al-Baghdadi p. 212/14 Take fine white flour, and with every ratl mix three uqiya of sesame-oil (one part oil to four of flour), kneading into a firm paste. Leave to rise; then make into long loaves. Put into the middle of each loaf a suitable quantity of ground almonds and scented sugar mixed with rose water, […]

Original Recipe (al-Baghdadi p. 214/14) Take fine dry bread, or biscuit, and grind up well. Take a ratl of this, and three quarters of a ratl of fresh or preserved dates with the stones removed, together with three uqiya of ground almonds and pistachios. Knead all together very well with the hands. Refine two uqiya of sesame-oil, and […]

Original Recipe Dulciaria Apicius, #294 Little home confections (which are called dulciaria) are made thus: Little palms or (as they are ordinarily called) dates are stuffed – after the seeds have been removed – with a nut or with nuts and ground pepper, sprinkled with salt on the outside and are candied in honey and served. [Vehling, pp. […]

Original Recipe Caeseus cum Recenti Fico Pliny, Natural History A recent idea has been to eat a fresh fig instead of salt with cheese. [Grant, p. 79] Ingredients: Fresh or dried figs Cheese (recommended types include Feta, Asiago, Romano, and Ricotta). Preparation Steps Arrange figs on a plate with cheese. Notes Experiment with different types of […]