Pasta pies, a fun Greek recipe category, come in many shapes and sizes, and are filled with everything from aromatic ground meat to seafood and vegetables. The most classic, one could say, is traditional Greek pastitsio. This Greek recipe for baked pasta is an easy weekend treat that young and old will love and […]
This Greek recipe, or rather interpretation, of a German and Austrian classic, includes two of my favorite traditional Greek ingredients, Aegina pistachios and Santorini capers. You can forego the nuts in the coating if you like, and replace them with additional dried breadcrumbs.
Pasta Flora doesn’t sound like a Greek recipe for dessert, but it is and one of the classics, too. This lattice-topped tart, adopted from my Ikaria book, is made with many of the fruit jams and preserves that are part of the Greek tradition. The most common is apricot, but it’s great with plum, […]
During the long hot Greek summer, or summer anywhere, I love watermelon in any shape or form. But when it’s made a bit more complex in a Greek recipe flavored with a few tablespoons of Greek grape molasses, aka petimezi, then turned into a frozen, drinkable granita, I am in heaven. I hope you […]