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Mastic - Natural Gum Resin From Chios - The Flavour of Greece

Greece: ancient and modern / Greek Cuisine

Mastic – Natural Gum Resin From Chios – The Flavour of Greece

    Mastic is natural gum resin, with a pine or cedar-like taste, used to flavour many traditional Greek sweets and is collected from the Schinias trees which grow profusely on the Greek Aegean...

Greek Spirit in a Bottle

Greece: ancient and modern / Greek Cuisine

Greek Spirit in a Bottle

    You can’t mention Greece and wine in the same sentence without Dionysus (Bacchus), Greek god of wine-making, festivity, insanity and ritual madness, rearing his decadent head. “The Dionysia” festivals, dating back to...

Gemista -Tomatoes and Peppers Stuffed with Rice- Greek Style

Greek Cuisine

Greek Gemista – Stuffed Tomatoes and Peppers

    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...

Drying Basil

Greek Cuisine

How to Dry Basil

    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...

Kokkinisto – Greek Style Braised Beef in Tomato Sauce

Greek Cuisine

Kokkinisto-Greek Style Braised Beef in Spicy Tomato Sauce

    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...

Greek meatloaf with roast potatoes

Greek Cuisine

Greek-Style Meatloaf With Roast Potatoes (Rolo Kima)

    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...

Salted Caramel No-Churn Ice Cream

Greek Cuisine

Quick and Easy No-Churn Ice Cream – 10 Greek-Themed Flavours

    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...

Muhallebi, or as it’s known in Greece, mahallebi, made from a basic blancmange recipe

Greek Cuisine

Middle Eastern Desserts From a Basic Blancmange Recipe

    The humble, old-fashioned blancmange, which I always thought to be an English, or, due to its name; blancmange (eat white, or white dish), French dessert, has been enjoyed for centuries all over...

Quick and Easy Plum Jam and Upside-down plum cake

Greek Cuisine

Recipes for Quick and Easy Plum Jam and Upside-down plum cake

  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...

Keftedes - Greek Meatballs

Greek Cuisine

Recipe For Keftedes – Traditional Greek Meatballs

  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...