Authentic Soutzoukakia Smyrneika
Soutzoukakia Smyrneika, are spicy sausage-shaped meatballs, which are lightly fried and then cooked in a delicious tomato sauce and come from the once Greek part of Asia Minor, Smyrna.
Ground meat
Greek Juicy Turkey Burgers. What’s your secret?
If you’re craving a burger, make these juicy Greek flavoured turkey burgers. These burgers are bursting with flavor from garlic, oregano, thyme, tarragon, black pepper and carino seasoning.
Greek and other Christmas recipes to try!
My Christmas recipes for you to choose what to cook during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays!
Baked Meatballs and Homemade Cheese Ravioli and Malfaldine
One of the dishes we tried in Rome was ravioli and I loved their sauce. I don’t know what kind of sauce they make but it was delicious and as I had never served ravioli with a sauce before, I decided to make a marinara sauce to serve them. In the Piazza di Campo dei …
Pastitsio Lasagna: Which came first the chicken or the egg?
Pastitsio takes its name from the Italian pasticcio, also known as “Lasagna al Forno” in some regions of Italy. In Cyprus we call pastitsio “Makaronia tou Fournou” which again means “Baked Pasta” which is the same as“Lasagna at Forno”. Lasagna al Forno is made with a flat noodle or sheet pasta called “lasagna” instead …
Bombari
Bombari is a Cypriot traditional recipe which resembles like sausage but it is made with ground pork and rice and is actually a cooked meal.
Rolo me Patates (Meat Loaf with potatoes)
Rolo me patates is made with ground meat in which we addd hard boiled eggs and make a roulade, like a meat loaf, and bake it in the oven. In Cyprus we enclose the roulade with caul fat, which melts as it is being baked in the oven and gives a wonderful flavour to the …
Greek Style Lasagne with Anthotyro
Yesterday I didn’t know what to prepare for lunch and remembered that I had some lasagna in my pantry which were there for quite a long time. I had some vegetables, bell peppers and mushrooms and some spring onions, carrots, parsley and eggplants from last week’s visit to the farmers’ market, which needed to be …
Makaronia me Kima (Greek Spaghetti with Meat Sauce)
Makaronia me Kima (pr. Mah-kha-RHO-niah MEH Kee-MAH), which literally means “Pasta with Ground Meat”, is a pasta dish with Spaghetti and Greek Meat Sauce, similar to Bolognese but with Greek flavours.
Koupepia me lahana (stuffed silverbeet dolmades)
Koupepia me lahana, are the Cypriot version of dolmades, made with Silverbeet leaves, instead of vine leaves, cooked with tomatoes.