Meze / Starters Recipes
These lovely rice croquettes could be a midweek meal or an excellent Greek meze. To find some of the artisinal Greek products you’ll need to make this, visit my online shop here, where you’ll discover a host of lovingly curated Greek ingredients.
Saganaki is a classic Greek Meze, often perfumed with alcohol or with a crust of nuts and/or sesame. Here Mastiha combined with pistachios give this saganaki recipe a delicious twist. You can buy Aegina pistachios here.
Called ktipiti in Greek, whipped spicy feta is as versatile as your imagination will let it be.
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I’ve served up variations of this made-in-heaven combo at Committee, the meze restaurant in Boston where I am consulting chef.
There are so many dishes in the Greek kitchen that use unusual but completely natural ingredients as a substitute for meat. Walnuts for example, are often a replacement for ground meat in keftedes (meatballs) and even a few savory pies. This dish is part of the Vlachs cooking, a once-itinerant culture of shepherds who roamed […]
Buttery, satisfying and just a little over the top, this is one of the many cheesepie recipes I find irresistible. For a lovingly curated array of Greek ingredients to pair with this recipe, check out my online store here.
This wonderful Greek recipe hails from a few Cycladic Islands but I've addedmy own twist, with a sprinkling of mastiha, the resinous spice from the island of Chios. Flatbreads topped with tomatoes, onions, herbs and more are a specialty in the bakeries on Milos and Kimolos. This Greek open-faced savory pie stands up to pizza […]
Two great, easy, healthy Greek-island snacks to settle in with for the World Cup Finale and for any occasion or get together with friends!
Try this summer potato salad recipe with sardines, from the Aegean island of Naxos.