Ingredients: 2 cups of pourgouri (Bulgur) 5-6 cups of chicken broth 1 cup of finely chopped tomatoes 1/4 cup of corn oil 2 medium size onions finely chopped 3/4 cup of vermicelli noodles Salt and pepper to taste The ingredients given are to serve 5-6 people. Adjust accordingly. Method: Place the pourgouri (bulgur) in a […]

Ingredients: 2 cups of lentil 1 cup of rice 1 1/2 cup of onions thinly sliced 3/4 cup of olive oil 6 cups of water Salt and pepper to taste Method: Wash lentil with plenty of running water. Place the lentil and water in a pot with some salt and cook for about 15 minutes. […]

Tyropsomo me Halloumi (Cheese-Bread with Halloumi) Halloumi Cup Cakes (Cheese Muffins) Paskies me Prozimi (Lamb and Cheese Pie with Sourdough) Cypriot Black Olive Pies Kolokotes (Squash Pastries) Glystarkes (Sweet Sesame Rusk’s) Flaounes (1) (Easter Cheese Pastries) Easter Flaounes (2) Eliopita (Black Olive Bread) Chicken pies Cyprus pitta recipe Kattimeri Cyprus recipe

Ingredients: 1 kg of bread flour 12gr of yeast 1 medium onion, chopped 1/2 a cup of black olives with pits Fresh mint finely chopped or dry mint 1/2 a cup of olive oil 1 1/2 cup of lukewarm water Method: Place the flour in a large enough bowl, add yeast and mix well. Add […]

Kolokotes are a very much known and popular home made Pastry in Cyprus. People usually make them during the cold days of the winter. I believe they are worth trying, because they are very tasty, nutritious and best of all they are made with all natural ingredients. I don’t thing they are very well known […]

Ingredients: 4 Cups of flour 1 Cup of milk 1 1/2 cup of olive oil 3 tbsp of baking powder 1 1/2 cup finely chopped pitted black Kalamata olives 1/2 cup of finely chopped onions 1 tsp of dry mint Method: Place the flour in a large bowl and mix it with the baking powder […]

Thaktila is a strictly Cypriot dessert that whoever tried it went back for more. Thaktila recipe has being in every Cypriot house preserved for generations and past on from mother to daughter. You can have it in your list of favorite desserts for making it for your friends and family. Dough ingredients: 3 cups of […]

Ingredients: 1 kilo of potatoes 3 3/4 cups of liquid the potatoes were boiled in 1 kilo of all purpose flour 1 cup of soft flour 2 sachets of yeast (7gr each) Pinch of salt (1/8 of a tsp) Corn oil for frying Syrup ingredients: 3 cups of water 6 cups of sugar 2 tsp […]

Ingredients for the pastry: 6 cups of hard flour 1 cup of soft flour 1 1/2 cup of water or as much as needed 3/4 cup of melted vegetable shortening 1/2 a tsp of salt Ingredients for syrup: 4 cups of sugar 2 cups of water 1 cinnamon stick 2-3 cloves 4 tsp of orange […]

Ingredients: 4 cups of flour 2 tsp baking soda 1 tbsp freshly ground cinnamon 1 tbsp freshly ground cloves 1/2 cup of olive oil or unsalted butter 2 tbsp of honey 1 cup of Petimezi-(Greek wine must syrup) Grated zest from 1/2 orange 1 cup of Orange juice Method: Sift together the flour, baking soda, […]