Day: January 4, 2013

Lemon in Greek Cooking: Recipes to Love!

Chicken with Lemon

  Pot-Roasted Chicken with Lemon and Mastiha Liqueur Serves 6 1 medium chicken, 3 – 3 ½ lbs. / 1 ½ – 2 k, cut into serving pieces 2 tbsp extra virgin Greek olive oil Salt and freshly ground pepper 1 large leek, whites and tender greens, coarsely chopped 1 medium sized fennel bulb, coarsely […]

When life gives you Lemons, make a Greek recipe!

Lemons

  From a cook’s perspective, Greeks own the lemon! The way Italians, say, own the tomato. Lemons are without doubt one of the defining flavors of Greek cuisine and together with olive oil, oregano and garlic make for a seminal part of the quartet that can Hellenize almost any recipe. Despite the ubiquity of lemon […]

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