Vegetarian Pastitsio with Pumpkin and Feta
Baked lasagna with pumpkin, feta, olive oil and more is a real crowd-pleaser!
Classic Pastitsio
Pastitsio is the ultimate Greek comfort food. You can prepare it over several days and you can freeze it once it is baked. Thicken your meat sauce with Santorini tomato paste and use real Greek regional olive oil to make this even tastier! You can find both and lots of other artisinal Greek ingredients my […]
Summer Pasta Salad
Try this easy Greek pasta salad. It makes a great last-minute dinner choice. It’s tangy thanks to the salami, Greek cheeses, olives, and oregano.
Penne with Pine Nuts, Spinach, Anchovies & Raisins
The combination of sweet and salty or sweet and sour is a common one throughout the Mediterranean. Greeks love the marriage of honey, vinegar and herbs, for example. Elsewhere, anchovies, pine nuts and raisins are a beloved sweet-sour trio. This is my quick and easy adaptation on a Sicilian classic.
Macedonian Style Braised Chicken with Noodles (Kotopoulo me Petoura)
Chicken stews are part of the regional cooking all over Greece. What sets this dish apart is the local pasta it is served with, called petoura, a local pasta from Grevena, in Macedonia. Until a few years ago, petoura, which are either anomalously shaped or wide, slightly curled, relatively short, ribbon-like pieces, were made only […]
Linguine with Poor Man’s Caviar (Tarama)
In this simple Greek pasta recipe, the all-time classic tarama (cod roe), usually made into a dip, is the main ingredient in a pasta sauce.
Lentil-Pasta Terrine with Cumin and Prunes
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Rigatoni with Artichokes, Kalamata Olives and Herbs
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Octopus with Short Pasta / Htapothaki me Kofto Makaronaki
A Greek classic, braised octopus with short pasta.
Spicy Pasta with Spinach, Pine Nuts, Raisins
Pasta with spinach, raisins and pine nuts is a delicious combo with ancient flavor tones.