Authentic Greek cheese saganaki, pan-fried to a golden crust and finished with lemon. An easy traditional Greek appetiser made with kefalotyri or graviera.
Thank you all my friends for submitting such a beautiful array of Sweet Pies. I am sorry I did not publish the round-up yesterday, as promised but I had some problems with the site, which fortunately I think I have solved. Pies are the perfect dessert and some of them are really quick and easy. …
Rosie and Maria of Sweet and Simple Bakes are hosting an Event for Halloween. BOOOOO!!! Happy Halloween for all of you who are celebrating. Unfortunately here in Greece we do not celebrate Halloween and we know about it only from the films we see. I have never made anything spooktacular before so I really didn’t …
The Chocolate Cobweb Cake is a fun cake made to make for a birthday party or other celebration during Halloween.
Traditional Greek tsakistes olives are cracked green olives cured in brine and flavoured with lemon, garlic, and herbs. Learn their history and how to make them at home.
Kolokotes with figs is a twist I made of the traditional Cypriot recipe.
28th October is ‘OXI or Ochi’ day, pronounced O-hee, meaning NO. No, is what Greece’s prime minister, Ioannis Metaxas, replied on 28 October, 1940 to Mussolini’s ultimatum to allow Axis forces to enter Greece and occupy key locations in the country, 1940 – 1941).
This autumn fruit crumble is not just another usual crumble as it quite unusual. Apart from apples, which is one of the fruit for autumn recipes, I combined it with delicious quince and with pumpkin.
I have been planning to write this post a while ago, but with all of the craziness going on, I just never got to it. In the last several weeks, I’ve won a few Awards and it’s time to acknowledge receipt of them. Thank you all of you for thinking of me. PG, from My …
Mahalebi is a Cypriot pudding made with water or milk and corn flour. The traditional way of making mahalepi is with water. No sugar is added in the cream but when served, always chilled, rose water and sugar are added on top, or triantafyllo (rose cordial syrup), which is sweet and no extra sugar is added.