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 […]
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Cheese and flour cake Byzantine Recipe
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 […]
Oranges dressed in cinnamon and rosewater Byzantine recipe
Thinly slice the oranges, sprinkle with rosewater (more or less, depending on how well people in your audience will like it), and then lightly with cinnamon.
Caeseus cum Recenti Fico (Cheese with Figs) Byzantine Recipe
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 […]
Melca (Fresh Cheese Curds) Byzantine Recipe
Original Recipe Melca Bassus,Country Matters The best method for making what are known as curds is to pour sharp vinegar into new earthenware pots and then to put these pots on a slow fire. When the vinegar begins to boil, take it off the flame so it does not bubble over and pour milk into the pots. […]
Moretum (Cheese with Herbs) Byzantine Recipe
Original Recipe Moretum Appendix Vergiliana Four garlic cloves, celery, rue, coriander, salt grains, and cheese. Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup fresh cheese 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely minced 2 tablespoons celery leaves, finely minced 1 tablespoon fresh Italian parsley, finely minced (to substitute for rue ) 1 teaspoon ground coriander 1/4 teaspoon salt (or to […]
Savillum (Roman Cheesecake) Byzantine Recipe
Original Recipe Savillum Cato 84. Make a savillum thus: Mix 1/2 libra of flour and 2 1/2 librae of cheese, as is done for libum. Add 1/4 libra of honey and 1 egg. Grease an earthenware bowl with oil. When you have mixed the ingredients well, pour into the bowl and cover the bowl with an earthenware […]
Deserts Byzantine Recipes
Pastfeli Sweet Wine Cakes Stuffed Dates Moretum (Cheese with Herbs) Melca (Fresh Cheese Curds) Lagana ( cake) Caeseus cum Recenti Fico (Cheese with Figs) Dulcia Domestica (Honeyed Dates) Oranges dressed in cinnamon and rosewater Fruited Rice Hais (Date Kabobs) Khushkananaj (Almond Cake) Cheese and flour cake Flower water wine with honey (Anthokrasso me meli) Fig sweets (Sikomagides) […]
Mussels with Tomato and Garlic
Mydia me tomata kai skordo Servings: 6 Ingredients 3-4 cloves of garlic, sliced 2.20 lbs of mussels 2-3 teaspoons of olive oil 1-2 pinches of parsley 1-2 tablespoons of pepper 2-3 pinches of salt 2-3 medium tomatoes, finely choped 6 oz of white wine Directions Wash the mussels thoroughly. Brown the garlic in the oil. Add […]
Tyrokavteri: Spicy cheese spread
Ingredients 1 lb of feta cheese, crumbled 8 oz of cream cheese 1 cup of lemon juice 1/2 of olive oil 1/4 teaspoon of pepper (gound white pepper) 4 red peppers, diced and roasted 2 teaspoons of tabasco sauce 1 cup of whiping cream (Half and half) Directions Soften cream cheese in large bowl with […]