Greek Recipes

Greek and Cypriot recipes

Greek Briam

Another easily prepared dish. This can be eaten hot or cold and is delicious when accompanied by a large slice of Feta cheese. Ingredients: ½ kg potatoes ½ kg courgettes ½ eggplants 2 green peppers 1 medium onion sliced 2 large ripe tomatoes pureed 2 cloves garlic chopped 2 tablespoons roughly chopped parsley 100 ml […]

Honey-Sesame Snacks – Pasteli

Ingredients: 200 grams of sesame seeds 450 grams of aromatic honey 2 tbsp of lemon juice 1 1/2 tbsp of unsalted melted butter 1 tbsp of orange blossom water (Optional) Method: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Line a shallow baking pan with parchment per and spread the sesame seeds on it and bake […]

Lentil Salad – Fakes Salata

Ingredients: 1 bag of lentils 1 200g of fresh cut green vegetables 200 g of fresh green rocket 1-2 onions finely chopped 2 peppers finely cut in small cubes 1/2 English cucumber cut in small cubes 1/2 bunch parsley finely chopped 1/2 bunch dill finely chopped 1 carrot graded 10 cherry tomatoes cut in half […]

Greek Ek Mek Sweet – Ekmek Kataifi

Ingredients: z1/2 a packet kataifi Fyllo 200gr of pistachio nuts (unsalted and unroasted) roughly crumbled 1 litre of milk 1/2 a litre of whipping cream 100gr of unsalted butter 450gr of vanilla corn flour (if you can’t get vanilla corn flour, then use ordinary corn flour plus 1 vanilla sacket) 1/2 a tsp of ground […]

Bougatsa with Cream

Ingredients: 1 pack of Greek Filo pastry 4 1/4 cup of milk 4 eggs 1/2 a cup of melted unsalted butter 1 cup of sugar 1/2 a tsp of powder vanilla 3/4 cup of fine semolina Powder sugar Powder cinnamon Method: Pour the milk with a piece of lemon peel in a large sauce pan […]

Bougatsa with Cheese

Ingredients: 1 pack of Greek filo pastry 1/2 lb cream cheese 1 lb fresh ricotta cheese 1 lb fresh cottage cheese 1/2 a cup of melted unsalted butter 1 1/2 tbsp of sugar 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg Powder cinnamon Powder sugar Method Version # 1: Using a mixer beat the cream cheese at high speed […]