Mithia Brasto One of our delicious mussel recipes, cooked and served in a superb herb infused onion, garlic and tomato sauce. This is a typical recipe in Greece and around the Mediterranean, where mussel dishes are very popular and often seafood is served with an olive oil based sauce. Be very careful to ensure every […]
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Paskies me Prozimi (Lamb and Cheese Pie with Sourdough)
Ingredients: For the Pastry: 1 kilo of hard flour 750 grams of soft flour 1 cup of sourdough starter 175 grams of vegetable shortening 4 cups of warm water 3/4 of a cup of corn oil 3/4 tsp of salt 1/4 tsp of mastic 1/4 tsp of mahleb kernels For the Filling: 1 kilo of […]
Glystarkes (Sweet Sesame Rusk’s)
Ingredients: 4 kg plus 4 cups of soft flour (pastry flour) 6 cups of hard flour (bread flour) 6 tsp of salt 4 cups of vegetable shortening 4 cups of sugar 7 cups of warm water 1 level tsp of powder cinnamon 1 level tsp of powder cloves 4 level tsp of crushed anise 1 […]
Shamishi (Cyprus Semolina Pastries)
Ingredients: For Pastry: 2 cups of hard flour (see Types of Flours) 2 cups of soft flour 1/2 a cup of corn oil 1/2 a tsp of salt 1 cup of warm water or as much as needed For the Filling: 1 1/2 cup of semolina 1 1/2 cup of sugar 6 cups of water […]
Bombes / Touloumbes (Piped Cakes Dipped in Syrup)
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 […]
Kypriakes Pishies (Pastries Dipped in Syrup)
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 […]
Kypriaki Tahinopita (Cyprus Tahini Pie)
Ingredients: For the Dough: 1 kilo minus 2 cups of hard flour 2 cups plus 4 tbsp of soft flour 1 tsp of salt 1 level tbsp of easy baking yeast 1 cup of sugar 3 level tsp of powder cinnamon A pinch of ground mastic A pinch of ground machleb 3 cups of water […]
Kifylla (Raisin Buns)
Ingredients for dough: 5 cups of soft flour 2 sachets of baking yeast (7gr each) 1 tsp of sugar A pinch of salt 1/2 a cup of margarine 1 1/2 cups of warm water Ingredients for filling: 4 tsp of margarine 6 tsp of sugar 6 tbsp of raisins Ingredients for glazing: 4 tbsp of […]
Pumpkin and Carrot Pie from Cephalonia
KEFALONITIKI PITA ME KOLOKYTHA KAI KAROTA Makes 6 to 8 servings One finds recipes in the most unusual places, in this case from Spiros Bazigos, the accountant at the Coridalenio Library in Argostoli, Cephalonia’s capital. I had just spent a day looking for books on old island customs and food habits. He had come in to say good night to […]
Pastry-Cloaked Pasta from Corfu – PASTITSIO VENETSIANIKO
PASTITSIO VENETSIANIKO Ingredients: Makes 10 to 12 servings For the pastry: 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) cold unsalted butter 1/3 to 1/2 cup ice water, as needed For the filling: 1 pound thick tubular spaghetti, like bucatini 2 to 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, […]