Ivy Liacopoulou

Ivy Liacopoulou grew up in Limassol, Cyprus, a beautiful island in the eastern Mediterranean, where her passion for cooking began as a child, helping her mother in the kitchen. Ivy belongs to a new generation of home cooks who loves to experiment and create new recipes of her own. She is the author of two cookbooks and she owns and manages Cooking Classes, in Nafplio, Peloponnese.

Fassolada me Loukaniko (stewed beans with sausage), is a rustic, hearty, nutritious and comforting Greek bean stew which is perfect for the cold days ahead of us. The recipe is similar to the classic dish but the addition of the sausage adds much more flavour.

Baklavas Tart is a twist to the classic Greek baklavas dessert made with walnuts and topped with chocolate ganache.

An amazing and delicious cake with white chocolate and cream cheese frosting and for decoration whipped cream, cherry preserve and Greek pasteli.

Grilled Halloumi with Fresh figs, honey and mint is an amazing appetizer and the combination of sweet with salty will mesmerize you.

The economic crisis in Greece is making us find new ways to save some money and one of it is finding creative ways to make good use of our leftovers. Psomotyri (ψωμοτύρι) in Greek means bread and cheese and Tyropita (τυρόπιτα) is a pie made with cheese. Psomotyri, used to be a staple food decades …

Creplan is a recipe I created combining two recipes: Crêpes and Flan. All the ingredients of a flan are combined with flour to make this very thin batter, like crêpes, which is then baked in the oven. I baked it in a 12 inch by 7.75 inch loaf cake pan in a cathedral shape sent to …

These slices of rustic village bread with an egg fried in the center are so simple to prepare but yet so delicious for breakfast or brunch. The addition of the egg is something I saw on the internet but slices of bread with olive oil, salt, pepper and oregano, baked over charcoal is an …

This black eyed peas salad is not only frugal but also filling and healthy as it is packed with vitamins and protein, not to mention how delicious it is!

These ice pops are refreshing, delicious, healthy, with no preservatives or additives, without any artificial colour or aroma and only 61 calories each!

A moist, buttery and subtly flavoured lemon sponge, with pastry cream between the layers and topped with salted caramel and whipped cream.