Category: Greek Cuisine

    You know summer’s arrived when Greeks start cooking stuffed vegetables! Gemista (Greek for filled), are summer vegetables, usually tomatoes and bell peppers but courgettes and aubergines are also firm favourites, stuffed with...

  Basil, from the Greek, basileus, meaning king is said to have first grown on the original cross of Christ. Even though it represented hatred to the ancient Greeks they placed it in the...

    kokkinisto is tender braised beef in a rich, spicy tomato sauce, one of my all-time favourites, taught to me by my sister-in-law more than forty years ago. I make it on a regular...

  This Greek-style meatloaf makes for a tasty and filling main course, soft and juicy on the inside, crispy on the outside, accompanied by mounds of perfectly roasted, spicy potatoes. Any leftovers are delicious...

    I was never crazy about ice cream, I could take it or leave it, that is, until four years ago I discovered no-churn ice cream, the quick and easy way to make...

    The humble, old-fashioned blancmange, which I always thought to be an English dessert, has been enjoyed for centuries all over the Middle East under other names, muhallebi, mahalepi, malabi and kazan dipi....

  Do you have a glut of homegrown plums this year as I have? Why not try these simple recipes for delicious plum jam and a sticky upside-down plum cake? Before I get to...

  What are keftedes? Keftedes, or keftedakia (Little keftedes!), are fried Greek meatballs, or, just to confuse you, they can be baked, or, then again, they may be called soutzoukakia, which are spiced up...