Category: Sweets & Desserts

Vasilopita or Tsoureki French Toast

Tsoureki and Vasilopita, Greek Easter and New Year’s breads respectively, make great French toast. Both these breads are similar to Challah in that they are fluffy and contain a lot of eggs. If you’re looking for a celebratory breakfast or just a great recipe for flavorful French toast, you’ll want to try this Greek recipe. Make sure to drizzle Greek honey over the top!

Galaktoboureko

Galaktoboureko is definitely one of the most classic and traditional Greek recipes, a much-loved phyllo dessert that makes the perfect end for almost any meal.

Greek Olive Oil Chocolate Cake with Mastiha Cream

Let me win your heart and keep it healthy with this delicious Greek recipe using two of the most nutritious Greek ingredients in the world, the one-of-a-kind resinous spice called Mastiha, and great extra virgin Greek olive oil. Combined with chocolate in this delicious cake, this trio is an absolute winner. You can top it […]

Spiced Vinsanto-Dried Fig Parfaits with Whipped Cream and Greek Yogurt

Dried fruit, such as famed Greek figs, and the sumptuous dessert wine from Santorini, Vinsanto, combine in this easy Greek recipe for a perfect end to any meal. Recipe developed for campaign “Santorini Volcanic Terroir” www.santorinivolcanicterroir.eu 

Caldera Chocolate Lava Cake with Vinsanto

This Greek recipe for Chocolate Lava Cake takes its name from the active volcano on Santorini, the Caldera. The Vinsanto wine, one of Greece’s most sumptuous dessert wines, helps this cake…explode with flavor! Recipe developed for campaign “Santorini Volcanic Terroir”

Baked Apples Stuffed with Halva

This Thessaloniki classic dessert is easy but also makes for an artful, dramatic presentation.

Revani – Greek Almond Cake with Syrup

This classic is a timeless addition to all festive tables and a favourite on mine!

Greek Yogurt Cheesecake with Ancient Grains & Spoon Sweets

Forget Graham crackers in this delicious and light Greek recipe for cheesecake! I like to use traditional rusks, aka paximadia, made with ancient g rains such as barley or Zea wheat as my base. The yogurt gives this Greek recipe for cheesecake extra lightness and the spoon sweets make for an exotic, delicious topping.

Greek Coffee Bread Pudding

This Greek recipe was born of the quest for modernizing traditional recipes. The flavors are very soothing, almost caramel-like. Greek coffee is very finely ground and needs to be prepared in a special pot called a briki. You can also use regular brewed coffee for this Greek dessert recipe.

Grilled Banana Split with Pasteli & Chocolate-Hazelnut Cream

Banana splits are meant to be excessive, and this one gleefully is! I deck it out with a melted chocolate sauce made up mainly of Merenda, the Greek equivalent of Nutella – chocolate-hazelnut spread – and crushed pasteli, an ancient sesame-honey confection that we Greeks still love to eat.