Stuffed Apricot with Ricotta Cheese

Greek Summer for most natives or travelers means sea, vacation, walking, cool drink in hand and fresh fruit, lots of raw fruit, and in other forms, such as juices, ice cream, smoothies, granites, etc.
We now enjoy fresh apricots stuffed with ricotta cheese, bathed in honey, and sprinkled with crushed walnuts. So simple, with a few ingredients but so a special dessert. Without ovens and baking with straightforward procedures on our table a delicious, healthy, and impressive sweet.
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 15′

very easy:

Cream Cheese & Apricot Pancakes

Delicious Pancakes with cream cheese, reinforced with fresh, fragrant apricots and desiccated coconut.
They are easy and simple to make, served with honey, so we enjoy a very tasty, filling, and why not, festive & family breakfast. A special comfort food/dessert for our day's most beautiful, relaxing moments.
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 40′

easy:

Kernels Cherry Liqueur

Fragrant liqueur, amber clear color and light scent of bitter almonds and cherries. Drinking, either as an aperitif or as a digestif is sure to leave you with very good impressions. A liqueur that gladdens the eye and the palate.
The process is simple. Put the kernels of cherries in alcohol and wait a few days. Time will work in favor of its creation.
Yours!

work: 20′

time: 4 weeks

very easy:

Poppy Seed Fruit Cake

Loaf Cake is delicious, festive, and crunchy with poppy seeds and many dried fruits, soaked with the juice and zest of fresh orange. The oil gives a special texture, moisture and flavor and its unique taste and sweetness of dried fruit make it irresistible.
Certainly is one of the cakes that we make again and again.
Yours!

work: 20′

time: 1h:00′

easy:

Apricot & Coconut Truffles

Tempting Truffles, festive, aromatic, and a mouthful! Dried apricots with a slightly sourish taste, grated desiccated coconut, orange zest, and rum are those Ingredients with which to build fast and simple Christmas Holiday Truffles. Bathed in white chocolate for extra flavor and style.
Enjoy them, treat with them!
Happy remaining holidays!

work: 45′

time: 1h:45′

medium:

Apricot Jam with Stevia

Orange coloured jam with delicious apricots and Stevia for all those who either by choice or for particular nutritional reason do not want or can not consume sugar.
So apricot jam, and if it is organically grown without poisonous sprinkling even better. With the strong presence of the orange, the ginger and the apricot.
The process is very simple and is done in a short time, sealed in sterilized jars and keep for winter the delicious summer fruit, full of sun!
Yours

work: 20′

time: 2h:20′

very easy:

Mille Feuille into Swiss Roll

Millefeuille with mini pastry sheet and pastry cream wrapped in velvet cake stuffed with whipped cream and fruit. Multilevel layers and flavors for this different millefeuille.
The two different creams, fruits and crunchy puff pastry combine perfectly to create a cool summer dish, light and unique.
Yours!

work: 2h

time: 2h

difficult:

Turkey Fillets with Apricot Stuffing

Turkey fillet wrapped in bacon and stuffed with dried apricots, orange slices and nuts. Small sprigs of rosemary gives it an extra touch of flavor. Jam helps caramelized bacon and gives the sauce and food a sweetish taste, with a strong aroma of citrus fruits.
Very tasty proposal for a more formal table from the Sunday.
Enjoy!

work: 30′

time: 2h:30′

easy:

Dried Fruits Cake

Aromatic and delicious cake, stuffed with dried fruits to remind us of summer when we enjoy it in the winter.
The use of dried fruit has a long tradition, dating from the fourth millennium BC in Mesopotamia. Today it plays an important role in the Mediterranean diet.
I suggest you try this recipe, marinating the fruits overnight in lemon orange zest and juice. They will soften, get caramelized and swell absorbing the juice.

work: 00h:45′

time: 13h:20′

medium: 3/5

Fruit Pie

Red, fresh summer fruits for a pie that contains all their flavor, color and sweetnes.
Pick whichever fruits you love, like cherries, peaches, apricots, nectarines, vanilla. Choose them to be ripe and juicy.
Bake in the oven, wrapped in crisp dough and… enjoy!

work: 01h:00'

time: 02h:00'

medium: 3/5

Pork Filet Mignon with Chestnuts

Medallions of pork thinly sliced ​​and wrapped in a roll.
Inside are hidden caramelized dried fruit. Chestnuts, apricots, figs and prunes. Taken together, quenched with wine and flavored with caramelized lemon peel. Green onions accompany this tasty dish.
Today we enjoy a plate of French cuisine. I suggest you try it.

work: 01h:00'

time: 1d:01h:40'

difficult: 4/5

Homemade Bread

Enjoying a hot fresh bread, made at home, is a very pleasant for all of us who cook for our families, our friends, and of course, for ourselves.
Make it and dare to combine wonderful flavors: Spices, herbs, dried fruits and whatever else we like. The result will be a fluffy delicious homemade bread, with all our love!

work: 1h:00'

time: 3h:00'

medium: 3/5

Dried Fruit Dessert with Greek Yogurt

A dessert with dried fruit, honey, and Greek yogurt to welcome the festive days of Christmas or the New Year!
Easy to make, and we put it in the refrigerator to wait for us to savor it. It suits our festive table!

Dried fruit (fruit that a large part of their initial water content is removed) such as raisins, figs, dates, apricots, etc. is one of the bases of the Mediterranean diet for millennia.

They have a long tradition, which dates from the fourth millennium BC in Mesopotamia. They are prized for their sweet taste, nutritional value and long lifespan.
Even today, the consumption of dried fruits is widespread.

Happy New Year!

The recipe

Dried Fruit Dessert with Greek Yogurt

can be found in the book «Γλυκά»