Recipes
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Karithopita ~No-Fat Walnut Cake
I promise you there will be no weight gain with this delight. Got your attention? Good. If only. But what I can truthfully promise is that your auntie Mary (you know the one I’m talking about, great cook, even better with desserts, has everyone kissing her on both cheeks), will be begging you for this [...]
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Taramosalata
My brother, Tony has a love affair with taramasalata. He’s escaped to Thailand at the moment. He’s not a big fan of the chilli so I know he is struggling to chow down chilli Pad Thai every day. I bet he’s missing his taramosalata. No tarama in Thailand, though. Lots of Nam Pla (fermented fish [...]
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Raspberry Pops
There once was a Greek mythological Nymph called Itha who wanted to get jiggy with the Greek God Zeus. He loved white raspberries (Σµέουρα, Smeoura in Greek). So she went out and picked a bunch for him. She pricked her finger on the thorns. Blood from her finger tainted the white fruit and all raspberries [...]
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Psari Plaki (Baked Fish)
My dad went through a phase where he had hermetically attached a fishing rod to his right hand. Every opportunity he got he was on a pier, somewhere. Severe weather warnings or not, he was there. No boat – that was for sissies. Just him, the bait and the promising potential of the water. Sometimes, [...]
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Cherry & Manouri cheesecake
The situation: Post Christmas leftovers (too many kourambiethes, melomakarona – yours and from the in-laws) Christmas cherries in abundance (and as cheap as they’re gonna get) Sweet tooth is whinging, again! You got time on your side. You are on holidays, after all. And there’s no need to even go near an oven. So, cherry-up [...]
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Melomakarona Macaroons
I love Melomakarona, the traditional Christmas honey dipped biscuit, and I have been known to frequently, and severely, overdose on macaroons, too. So it only makes sense to festively fuse my two addictions together. Walnuts sprinkled on the macaroon shell and buttercream infused with cinnamon, cloves and honey, this is my Christmas fix. Ingredients 100g [...]
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Greek Salad Sandwich
My favourite sanga! Ingredients 1 cup canned chickpeas, rinsed and drained a generous handful of pitted kalamata olives 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil 1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced Coarse salt and ground pepper 3 ounces crumbled feta 8 slices rustic bread [...]
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Lemon & Olive oil ‘love rub’
Love the rub!
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Greek spuds & eggs
Πατάτες Με Αυγά Patates Me Avga No matter which side of the earth you walk on, at some point you’ll stumble across the humble fried spud/egg combo. It might be in some fancy-schmancy dig served up for brekkie or shlapped up together somewhere in a late night kitchen. This is my round-the-clock meal – always [...]
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Avgolemono GR
Sick, cold or just hungry…..this elixir makes everything better! Put aside a teeny bit of extra time to make the chicken crackling…and you’ll remember again why you love winter…… 1 large free range chook 2 celery stalks, finely chopped 2 carrots, finely chopped 1 head of garlic (10-12 cloves), smashed 2-3 onions, finely chopped ½ [...]