Main Courses Recipes
The classic Greek recipe for soutzoukakia Smyrneika, or Smyrna-style spicy meat sausages, is the inspiration for this vegan rendition, seasoned the same way but calling for plant protein in the form of ancient fava, one of the timeless, plant-based foods of sustenance from the Greek island of Santorini.
Throughout the Aegean islands there are recipes for stuffed grape leaves that go beyond the classic rice-and-herb or rice-and-meat filling. Bean and vegetable stuffings are not uncommon. In this Greek recipe with a twist, the famed yellow split pea, aka fava, gets a wrap!Recipe developed for campaign “Santorini Volcanic Terroir” www.santorinivolcanicterroir.eu
Who says pesto has to be Genovese! Try this Greek recipe for delicious, unusual Santorini caper pesto, toss it with shrimp and serve it over a puree of yellow split peas, made all the better if you have the island’s authrntic fava on hand. Recipe developed for campaign “Santorini Volcanic Terroir” www.santorinivolcanicterroir.eu
I love taking classic Greek recipes such as this shrimp saganaki, a tavern favourite, and transforming them into something novel. Here’s a great and easy risotto that speaks Greek and is easy to love.
This Greek recipe speaks to my vegetarian heart and to the endless array of traditional and innovative Greek vegetable dishes that make Greek cuisine one of the great plant-based options on the planet. Greek ingredients such as petimezi, olive oil and Aegina pistachios make this a true stand out.
It's fun for me to take very traditional, ancient ingredients and to rethink them for a modern cook. Here, fava, the humble yellow split pea that has sustained Santorini's islanders for eons, is turned onto the crust for a delicious, easy vegetarian pizza.Recipe developed for campaign “Santorini Volcanic Terroir” www.santorinivolcanicterroir.eu
Spanakopita filling is soooo versatile! Here is one of my favorite meatless indulgences, for a spanakopita-filled baked potato. Yummmie!
This Greek recipe for lamb chops is one countless Greek lamb dishes across the country. Its modern presentation belies the fact that it is made with the most traditional Greek ingredients, including the ancient grain product trahana.
One of the best things in the world on a cold winter day is soup, especially one that combines seasonal vegetables with one of Greece’s most ancient, traditional grain products, trahana. Here is a Greek recipe for soup that combines hearty winter vegetables with trahana in a beautiful, sating, healthy Mediterranean Diet way!
I have made this dish in other versions, with my favorite Ikarian pine honey and fresh orange juice. Petimezi, the subtle, sweet syrup made by cooking down clarified grape must, is one of the world’s oldest natural sweeteners. In this dish, it lends balance to the already earthy beans and it pairs beautifully with tomatoes […]