Vine Leaves Maintenance

There are several ways to maintain vine leaves in order to have them for the whole year, without the cooling devices of our time. The drying, the bottles, the brine, the jars. Since ancient times yet, since they stored them in small clay pots, covered with olive oil since they did not have refrigerators, until our days with freezing.
The best time of harvesting the leaves is the months of May and June. The vine is preferably sultanas, which has the most tender and delicious leaves, and of course not sprayed.
Today's maintenace is called dry maintenance and is simple and quite easy. Prerequisite: the leaves are completely dry, otherwise you risk to make black spots from moisture and spoil.

work: 30′

time: 30′

very easy:

Strawberry Lemonade

Strawberries, and only strawberries, red, mashed into aromatic lemon syrup with ice cubes and mint leaves.
This invigorating, refreshing beverage of strawberry lemonade is the perfect drink to be served and made as a super delicious, festive soft drink with full antioxidants.
This refreshing recipe for pink/ red lemonade is the perfect drink to serve at any summertime celebration.
Try it you'll love it!

work: 10′

time: 15′

very easy:

Easy Savory Cheese Pie-Patsavouropita

Easy, traditional browned and very lazy cheese pie but definitely very tasty. It is not very dietary since its content is very calorie thick. With enough cheese, butter and milk, mixed in a cream roux to form the filling. The phyllo sheets are cut into small pieces to create a substrate, on top of which the cream will spread, and will cover it.
Yours!

work: 20′

time: 50′

very easy:

Strawberry Jam

Easy, fast and light strawberry jam, enhanced with a shot of brandy and lemon juice, which helps to maintain the bright color. The content of sugar is low and this makes it particularly dietary and more fruity in its composition. Almost 80%!
Ten minutes cooking is enough for the strawberries to retain all the vitamins and trace elements. With more cooking all of them are lost.
Try it!

work: 15′

time: 1h:15′

very easy:

Asparagus Skewers

Greek asparagus, cultured, fresh, tender and crunchy. Eaten raw in a salad. Here were wrapped with bacon and were skewered. Grilled briefly and accompanied with a sweet-spicy mayonnaise sauce with chopped red pepper pickle.
Besides the sauce, accompanied with a light green salad, drizzled with balsamic cream.
Goodies for foodies and snack for intoxicating moments with beer or a light rosé wine.
Your own!

wokr: 10′

time: 30′

very easy:

The recipe

Asparagus Skewers

can be found in the book «Μεζέδες».

Ferrero Rocher Mousse Torte

Strawberry chocolate torte with fluffy chocolate mousse and sweet, chocolate, magical morsels Ferrero Rocher. Fresh, bright red and sweet strawberries, and those who took a chocolate coating, dipping them in melted chocolate, escorted each piece.
A truly delicious torte, which was created with love to celebrate anniversary family event and was accompanied with frozen sangria, with thin slices of orange floating.
Yours!

work: 1h:30′

time: 5h:30′

difficult:

Spinach Tart

Spinach Tart with whole eggs in the oven.
Delicious and easy preparation procedure. A tart, a full meal, light, hearty, healthy, with its vegetables and proteins.
The ready pastry sheet is ideal for a quick process with delicious results.
Yours!

work: 30′

time: 1h

easy:

Strawberry, Apple Tart

Small red, individual tarts with strawberries and apple in a crisp & incredibly biscuit dough are very aromatic, thanks to cardamom seeds, and sprinkled with brown sugar. The stuffing contains only honey, so the tarts are not very sweet. But it is delicious and with the first bite, it surprises us with its taste and aroma.
Yours!

work: 45′

time: 2h:30′

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