INGREDIENTS serves 4
800gr boneless leg of lamb,
cut into irregular-sized pieces
240g white mushrooms
160g onion
240g Florina red peppers
20g wild ‘stamnagathi’ greens (spiny chicory)
160ml olive oil
120ml white wine
Dill
2 eggs
Juice of 2 fresh lemons
Salt, pepper
DIRECTIONS
Wash and clean the wild greens, cut the mushrooms into four, and the peppers into six pieces. Sauté the lamb in a deep saucepan in the olive oil. Add the onion and mushroo...
INGREDIENTS serves 4
200g trachanas
160g white mushrooms
100g onion
120ml olive oil
400g kasseri cheese Olympos
400ml vegetable stock
120ml white wine
40g parsley
20g mint
Salt, pepper
DIRECTIONS
Boil the trachanas in the vegetable stock until soft. Sauté the onion and the sliced mushrooms in olive oil. Add the trachanas, stir, and then add wine to deglaze. Season with salt and pepper, and remove from heat. Add parsley, mint, and grilled kasseri cheese.
INGREDIENTS serves 4
80g flour
300ml lukewarm water
12g fresh yeast
4g salt
4g sugar
320g vanilla ice cream
200g honey
Strips of orange & lemon peel
Chopped walnuts
1 cinnamon stick
Olive oil for frying
DIRECTIONS
Whisk together the water, salt, sugar and yeast. Add the flour and whisk until batter is smooth. Cover and set aside to rise for about 30 minutes. Heat oil, add small spoonfuls of batter and fry till golden. Warm the honey with the citrus ...
INGREDIENTS serves 4
320g feta cheese Olympos
120g lemon marmalade
4 ‘paximadia’ (Greek barley rusks) or
10 slices of whole wheat toast
40ml olive oil
Oregano
Mint and basil leaves
DIRECTIONS
Cut the feta cheese into 4 pieces and oven-bake until soft. Sprinkle oil and oregano over the rusks or bread slices. Place the feta cheese on top, and garnish with lemon marmalade and the mint and basil leaves.
INGREDIENTS serves 4
200g flour
4g baking powder
100g butter Olympos,
at room temperature
140g sugar
2 eggs
Zest of 3 lemons
120g Greek strained yogurt Olympos
Pinch of salt
For the syrup
220g sugar
160ml water
1 large juicy lemon (juice)
1 lemon (zest)
Sweet beetroot in syrup
(traditional Greek ‘spoon’ sweet) to serve
DIRECTIONS
Sift the flour with the baking powder. Beat butter and sugar in a mixer for 5 minutes at high speed. Add ...