Meze / Starters Recipes
Sweet potatoes probably came to Corfu with the Venetians, as did many other New World crops, sometime during the sixteenth century, where they remained poor man’s fodder for hundreds of years. It took the English to popularize them, by showing Corfiote aristocrats the virtues of serving them with syrup. Nevertheless, they have been cooked on […]
A quick and very easy risotto recipe, ideal for mid-week meals!
Everyone loves a good pie. This one is full of healthy vegetables, crispy nuts, and flavored, traditional Greek olive oil! Enjoy!
If you like spinach pies, you will for sure love this great spinach tart recipe, with healthy greens, sweet anthotiro cheese, and Greek olives!
Onions stuffed with a mixture of rice and tomatoes. A delicious recipe that everyone will love!
A delicious recipe from Corfu: Greek “Bourtheto” with Perch!
Plenty of Greek traditional flavours are used in this dish: sweet Greek giant beans baked with healthy spinach and traditional Greek feta. A traditional dish, appetizing in both taste and texture!
Adding traditional Greek olives and the unique orange flavour to your chicken, will make this simple dish absolutely special!
Sausage and pepper dishes are found all over the world. Spetsofai is the Greek version, a regional specialty from Pelion and Volos in Central Greece. You can use store-bought Florina peppers in brine for this dish. They are available in good supermarkets and Greek shops around the country.
Giant beans, which are similar to butter beans, are usually made into luscious baked and braised dishes. But sometimes, giant beans are used to make skordalia, the garlic and starch puree that is a classic Greek meze and spread. I took the idea of a giant bean skordalia and the practice of sometimes mashing the […]