Chicken Pie with Raisins and Onions
Savory chicken filo pies are a common dish on mainland Greece. This recipe comes from Thessaly.
Naxos Sweet Chard Pie/ Sefoukloti
Filo pies filled with greens and sweetened with honey are found in the Cyclades and other Aegean islands. They are among the most unique Greek recipes.
Basic Homemade Filo and Regional Variations
Regional Filo Variations in Greece: Filo in the Ionian: Follow the same directions as for basic phyllo, but reduce water to 1 cup and add a ½ cup of strained plain yogurt together with remaining liquids. Filo in Epirus: Reduce the amount of water to 1 1/4 cups and add one large egg, beaten, to […]
Nut-Stuffed Shredded Wheat Rolls, Ioannina Style / Kataifi Yanniotiko
Most people who are familiar with kataifi, the thin-strand pastry, think it is actually shredded wheat or shredded phyllo. In fact, it’s made with a batter that is poured through a tiny-holed spout onto a large, hot, circle griddle that spins slowly, thus creating the vermicell-like effect. From what I know, a few places still […]
Sarikopites (Cretan “Turban” Pies)
It’s the shape that sets these lovely pies apart: filled with cheese and coiled, Cretan cooks nicknamed them sarikopita after sariki, the word for turban in Turkish. Petimezi is essentially reduced, clarified grape must. You can find it in Greek and Middle Eastern food shops all over the world. It is, in fact, one of […]