Complete the meal with scrumptious Greek desserts! For a lovely evening by the grill, try your hand at these tantalizing meal skewers. Similar to gyros, souvlaki is served with warm pita, perfectly grilled meat, and tzatziki sauce. The only difference is how the meat is prepared and cooked; souvlaki is made by grilling meat skewered on a stick, while gyros feature meat sliced from a spinning vertical rotisserie.
We recommend: Souvlaki Leivadia is a hidden gem with great prices and a cozy ambiance that promises a sumptuous meal of souvlaki. This Mediterranean dish is a must-try when visiting Greece. This meatless delight packs a punch in the taste and texture department as its crispy phyllo dough makes the perfect pairing for its rich stuffing.
We recommend: Arcadia Restaurant for freshly made spanakopita served straight from the oven. Salmon Spanakopita These delicious phyllo pockets take a while to prep, but they're definitely worth it! They bake super fast when the hunger strikes and they're munched up even faster. Remove spinach to paper towel-lined plate. Fry up 1 chopped onion for a few minutes until translucent and fragrant. Then add chopped green onions and continue to cook for another minute or two.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine: spinach, onion mixture, 1. Cut phyllo pastry sheets in half. Cover and refreeze one half. Cover the other half in a damp cloth until ready to use. Lay one sheet of phyllo on large work surface and brush with olive oil. Place second sheet of phyllo over first, and brush with oil.
Add a 3rd layer and brush with oil again. Season room temperature salmon fillets with salt and pepper. Place salmon on phyllo sheet and top with a generous dollop of spinach mixture. Roll and fold like a burrito and place seam side down on baking sheet. Brush with additional oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake for 25 minutes or until the phyllo is golden brown.
The Greeks take their desserts very seriously! Served hot or cold, the Greeks have a dessert for every occasion. Baklava consists of layers upon layers of buttered phyllo dough stuffed with cinnamon-scented walnuts as its filling. After coming out of the oven, it is drenched with a citrus-flavored honey syrup that makes for a heavenly bite.
We recommend: Karakoy Gulluoglu for an astounding variety of fresh baklavas made distinctively with cow and sheep butter. A classic. My neighbour is also Bosnian, and I remember being younger and going to her house so she could show me how she makes her baklava. When I make it, I like to stay traditional and make baklava with just walnuts, but sometimes I like to mix different nuts and flavours of syrup.
This one is mostly walnuts, with some hazelnuts and pistacchios, with syrup infused with vanilla and lemon. Oh honey! These tiny Greek honey cookies pack an incredible punch. Often served at Christmas, melomakarona is easy to make and pairs delightfully with a hot cup of coffee. Share these soft, crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth cookies with family and friends for a heartwarming treat at tea-time or after a meal.
We recommend : CookieLand, a young and hip bakery that takes a modern spin on traditional Greek cuisine. Nuts about walnuts? I know I am.
Nuts feature quite heavily in a the Greek cuisine and form part of the Mediterranean diet. I will be celebrating the humble walnut by showcasing a full week of walnut recipes starting from today. You can find all these Greek walnut recipes on my blog and below so you can make them for yourself. I will also be sharing your favourite walnut recipes on my stories so please make sure you tag thehellenicodyssey and use hashtag greekwalnutweek so we can share them with fellow nut lovers.
Melomakarona Recipe for Greek honey biscuits. Melomakarona are traditional classic Greek biscuits typically served at Christmas time. I do enjoy polenta, white basmati rice, and potatoes. Thanks again, Kiesy. Hello, Elena. And know I know why! However, I love Mediterranean-style food and I want very much to avoid cancer and fix other health issues I have had since a child — which I believe are connected to diet and other lifestyle choices. Any ideas?
Thanks for sharing you fascinating family story! Yes, Mediterranean diet is totally doable without fish. The most important aspects are plenty of vegetables, good fats and less meat. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. There are several types of spoon sweets, from strawberry to fig to orange to lemon to even unusual but delicious ones like rose petal and baby eggplant. They go great with the natural bitterness of the traditionally brewed Greek coffee, especially if you take it without sugar!
Often the breakfast moms quickly prepare for their children before they go to school, bread with butter and honey is nutritious, tasty, and filling.
Top with honey, preferably thyme or blossom honey for a delicious treat even chefs rank at their top five. Newest versions of this very traditional breakfast include making a round fun sandwich of this koulouri, with cream cheese and ham, or other cheeses and tomato.
Greece is renowned for its authentic, thick yogurt. The best yogurt is so thick it is almost like a pudding or nestled in a clay pot with a slightly thicker crust covering it all where all the taste is, some Greeks will affirm. Top it with the famed Greek honey, preferably thyme honey or pine tree honey or even blossom honey.
The sweetness will balance out the tanginess of the yoghurt. For texture and crunchiness, add walnuts, and you have a complete, nutritious, tasty breakfast to carry you through the day. If there is a king of Greek breakfast, that has to be the pies.
There are several different types of pies that Greeks have for breakfast, often made small enough to eat on the go, or cut up in sizeable pieces for the same purpose. Enjoy cheese pie made of traditionally worked pastry or phyllo, crunchy on the outside and succulent and soft on the inside, especially if you get it still warm from the oven.
Made either purely of spinach and wrapped in soft yet crispy, flaky dough, the filling can be also seasoned with other herbs and feta cheese for an extra touch of salt.
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