The weather is very stubborn this year and the Spring weather seems like a shy girl, who doesn’t want to come out from her shell and is hiding away and is grumpy and bad tempered. The beaches are empty, it is windy and the temperatures are below normal for this time of the year. …
My recipes
This delicious caramelized rice pudding recipe is not the usual Greek rice pudding (ryzogalo). The classic dessert is made in a completely different way resulting in a decadent new dessert.
Rosotto is a vegan rice pudding made with rice flour and rose cordial. I named this pudding rosotto (playing with the name risotto) because roz in Greek means pink. I must be the person who has made the most rice puddings in the world! Here are a few: Classic Ryzogalo (Greek Rice Pudding) Vegan Lactose …
Tsoureki, plural Tsourekia, (pronounced TSOU-rhe-kee), is a slightly sweet Greek bread, similar to brioche, which is braided and made throughout the year. It is also part of our Easter and Christmas traditions.
Halvas – Χαλβάς (plural Halvades) is one of our favourite desserts during Lent but I always like to make it in different flavours. This time I made the basic recipe which was divided in two parts. In the first one I made a strawberry coulis which was used both inside and to decorate the dessert …
These Healthy Olive Oil Honey Oatmeal bars have a crunchy base with a subtle olive oil and coconut taste and the topping is like a dessert we make in Greece with nuts and honey called pastelli.
In Greece we love fish recipes and most of them I keep rather simple. Fresh fish is wonderful seasoned with only salt, pepper and oregano and then grilled or broiled. It is then served with “ladolemono” sauce.
If you have leftover rice and don’t know what to do with it, here is a quick and easy solution which can be served as a side dish. If you don’t want to eat rice the next day again, you can deep freeze it and use it whenever you like. I served this side …
Revithosalates are Greek salads made with chickpeas. Chickpeas are one of my favourite legumes and I always cook them from scratch.
A Marbled Cake is a cake with a mottled appearance, that is the cake is given a streaked, marblelike appearance by mixing of dark chocolate and light batters.