Gougères, the classic French cheese puffs made with pâte à choux and Gruyère. Crisp outside, light and airy inside, perfect for apéritifs, wine, and entertaining.
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Discover two unique panettone recipes with Greek fruit preserves, one with bergamot for a raisin-free version, and another with citrus, figs, and raisins. Learn tips for dough handling, fermentation, and enriched bread techniques.
Celebrate Greek Orthodox tradition with this delicious Lazarakia recipe—sweet buns made for the Saturday of Lazarus, filled with halvas, walnuts, and tahini. A unique twist on a beloved custom.
Peinirli, pronounced Paey-Neer-LEE (peynir, Turkish for cheese) is a kind of an open faced pita (or you can even describe it as a pizza shaped gondola) with kasseri cheese, often topped with other ingredients as well.
Aladoti Eliopita (pr. Ah-LAH-doh-tee Eh-LIOH-pee-tah), is an olive bread made without any oil or any other fat whatsoever. This yummy eliopita uses tahini as its source for fat, which makes a delicious and healthy bread for breakfast, brunch or as a snack during the strict Orthodox fasting period, when there are days that no oil whatsoever is consumed.
These baked Greek pita chips make a lovely accompaniment to any dip or spread or served with a topping instead of making bruschetta, even with jam and graviera cheese, they are amazing!
Tahinopita is a Cypriot bread filled with tahini, sugar and cinnamon. It is shaped into a coil, fattened and baked. The traditional Cypriot Tahinopita is amazing but can it get any better? The answer is YES.
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 …
Tsoureki flower is a type of Greek style sweet brioche bread made during Easter but shaped into a flower.
Tahinopsomo is a beautiful star shaped bread filled with tahini and honey based on the Cypriot recipe for Tahinopita. However, this is much easier to make by just following the simple technique I used. We can bake it in round baking tin in order to make it look more like bread but if it is …