Cretan Kaltsounia
These little Cretan biscuits come with a filling made with cream cheese and cinnamon! The crust is made with flour and olive oil and it’s really good! They are so cute!
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Category: Greek Food
Traditional Greek food prepared in a light way.
Tas Kebap – Beef stew with tomato sauce and spices
This beef stew is moist and perfectly perfumed with spices such as cinnamon and allspice! Spices give a very special character to this beef and surely worth the time to make because it’s really good!
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Shrimps “saganaki” with feta cheese and tomato sauce in the oven
This Greek dish with a Japanese name is really good and original! The shrimps are cooked into a tomato sauce with fresh tomatoes, green peppers, onion and garlic and then feta cheese is added and it’s cooked in the oven! It’s very tasteful and really worth the effort making it!
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Eggplants « Imam Bayildi »
These eggplants are a Greek traditional dish but here we have its light version! The eggplants at the end are candied and their filling has also candied onions cooked in a tomato sauce! Veggies become candied thanks to the long cooking in the oven! It’s really good and light because they don’t have much olive oil! Give it a try and you will adopt the recipe without a question!
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Tzatziki light
This is a light tzatziki that is made with a fresh French cheese called fromage blanc (coming from sheep it’s better)! If you can’t find it abroad use light Greek yogurt! The light version is much better than the full fat version! Give it a try and see :-)
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Lentils the Greek way (fakes)
Lentils the Greek way are cooked as a soup or as a dish and they are made with tomato puree, onion and garlic and they have some bay leaf for extra flavor! You serve it with some red wine vinegar or Xérès vinegar and it’s really good! They are different from the lentils as we eat them in France and this recipe has better taste! But the lentils themselves are better in France than those in Greece and they cook faster! Give them a try and let me know!
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Risotto with leeks the Greek way (prassorizo)
This is a very flavorful risotto thanks to dill that perfumes the dish in an extraordinary manner! Leaks go very well with onion and dill and the risotto is easy to make and rather quick for this quantity!
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Young lemony cockerel with mustard sauce in the oven
This young cockerel is cooked in the oven with potatoes and it’s perfumed with garlic and a sauce made with mustard, lemon and oregano! It’s really good and rather elegant thanks to oregano, and the recipe when adjusted can be used to make a whole chicken!
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Runner beans in tomato sauce (fassolakia)
These runner beans are really simple to make in their tomato sauce with onion and parsley! It’s light, easy, and quick to make! It’s perfect for a summer meal when you can find them fresh or even in winter if you use frozen! It’s really simple and good!
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Artichokes "à la Polita" (like in Constantinople)
These artichokes are cooked along with potatoes, carrots, onions, and peas, and they are perfumed with dill and have the taste of lemon! It’s a Greek traditional dish and it’s very special and unusual but so tasty!
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