Greek Recipes

Greek and Cypriot recipes

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]