From My Blog: Katerina's Healthy Greek Recipes INTRODUCTION ABOUT GREEK PIES What we generally call pies in Greece is a layer of pastry toped with some kind of batter toped with another layer of pastry. There are sweet pies but the most common ones are the ones we call the "salty pies". Salty pies can be the typical cheese pie, spinach pie or cheese and spinach pie, mushroom pie, meat pie, leek pie, and many other regional variations around Greece. Sweet pies are not that many; there is milk pie, milk and semolina pie (galaktoboureko), honey pie, pumpkin pie again in several variations around ...
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Photo Note: All the decent photos of this recipe were lost in a tragic beer-related editing mishap. The thumbnail you see to the left is the only survivor, and not the best quality. I considered “borrowing” a photo from some unsuspecting online source, but then realized that would not be ethical (and coincidentally didn’t see any I liked) and so I decided to use the one I had. OK, on to the recipe. Here’s the idea; we take the liquid that’s produced by marinating fresh cherry tomatoes in salt, pepper and vinegar, and strain it into a pan. We then take this already delicious ...
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Sweet or sour Greek trahanas pasta soup from Katerina's Healthy Greek Recipes INTRODUCTION To learn more on trahana greek pasta please click here This use to be a homemade pasta in all greek families; now you can easily find it in any Greek supermarket. To buy it online click here . INGREDIENTS 250 grams trahanas (sweet or sour) olive oil salt and pepper METHOD Combine all ingredients together in saucepan and add four (4) cups of water*. Boil for about 15 minutes or until it becomes a thick porridge. Serve hot with some crumbled feta cheese. *Note: Some people add crushed tomatoes in ...
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INTRODUCTION While I was in Greece for the holidays I had the chance to take a sneak pick at my father's traditional beans and cabbage soup! This soup is a traditional and original soup from my father's village in northern Peloponnese and its surroundings. I haven't met anyone else in Greece that cooks that spicy soup except of that area... INGREDIENTS 2 Cups white dry white medium sized beans (try Great Northen) 1-2 Red hot peppers (or to your taste...) 1 Whole cabbage cut in medium pieces 1/2 cup Virgin Olive oil Water Salt METHOD You boil the beans with the water until they ...
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INGREDIENTS 4 medium tomatoes 3 medium peppers 4 medium potatoes 2 medium eggplants (big enough to be stuffed) 2 big squashes 1 cup rice 1 big onion Parsley 1 cup olive oil Salt and pepper 1/2 pound feta cheese METHOD Slice-off the top of the tomatoes and peppers, and the top of the squashes and eggplants lengthwise . Use a spoon to remove the inside part of the vegetables and reserve it in a blender (besides the inside of the peppers). It will be used for the stuffing. Try to leave the empty vegetables as thin as possible but be careful not to score ...
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