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 …
Breakfast and brunch
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 …
These mini pizza bread rolls are made with pizza dough and are filled with leftover bolognaise sauce and feta. They can also be made into sweet rolls.
One of my favourite marmalades is the one with mixed citrus. You can make the marmalade using any combination of citrus fruit and if you like you can change the ratio of each fruit depending on dominating flavour you would like to taste.
Hot Kagianas is a twist of the traditional Greek dish called Kagianas, which is made with cooked tomatoes in olive oil until they reduce to a thick sauce in which eggs are scrambled.
The usual Loukanikopitakia we make in Greece are those called Pigs in a Blanket made with frankfurter sausages, wrapped in puff pastry. The other day I made Galaktoboureko and had some leftover phyllo sheets*. Instead of making the usual Tyropitakia I saw some Kalamata sausages** in the fridge, I had leftover parmesan from my last recipe …
This Greek Savoury Cake with zucchini, potatoes, feta and Kasseri is an exceptionally moist and luscious cake and a good way to make kids eat vegetables.
This sausage and onion tart, or rather open faced pie, is very easy to make as the crust is made with an easy corn meal batter, similar to plastos pie.
Kaikanas is a very simple Cypriot dessert which is something between a sweet omelette or a pancake or crepe.