Tomato Patties & Tyrokafteri

Ideal appetizer, excellent taste to combine on your table with Tyrokafteri (Spicy Feta Cheese Spread), that is as hot as we like. Accompany your appetite with beer or raki, without excluding a good red wine.
Ripe, delicious & bright red tomatoes are combined with the aromas of basil and mint and that's it. They don't need anything else to become a delicious appetizer except, perhaps, a homemade cheese sauce. Tomatoes ripe, tasty and bright red are joined with the aromas of basil and mint, that's all. They do not need anything else to make a scrumptious appetizer except, perhaps, by a homemade spicy cheese dip, with lovely soft feta of Kefalonia, with its velvety taste and texture and of course… french fries!
Yours.

work: 30′

time: 45′

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The recipe

Tomato Patties & Tyrokafteri

you will find it in the book Mezedes.

Baked Eggplant with Feta

Simple things, concentrated flavor and Low Carb diet.
Grilled eggplant, sprinkled with a little feta cheese and chopped fresh cilantro to make a delicious and hearty appetizer. We enjoy in the terrace in the evening with friends.
Drinks at will in kind and in quantity!

The recipe

Baked Eggplant with Feta

can be found in the book «Μεζέδες».


Author Zambia G. Sifaki

work: 10′

time: 1h:00′

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Little Aubergine Pies with Homemade Kourou Dough

A Kourou Dough -Yogurt Dough- so pliable & velvety, which you will love for the comfort of its management. The pies are filled with whatever stuffing we like. Wonderful Aubergine Pies were made here, very tasty & fluffy and where the tender, grated, biscuit dough competes equally with the wonderfully delicious stuffing with eggplant and Greek cheeses, such as Gruyère & kasseri or emmental. The blue poppy seed gives them an extra click of flavor.
A suggestion for a snack for the morning coffee but also for a beer or… why not, with an easy drink and fruity wine, iced & dry Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie -the most popular variety of Italy- on our summer terrace with dear friends.
Cheers!

work: 1h:00′

time: 1h:30′

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Fluffy & Crusty Pizza

We make one, two or three pizzas since the dough is in separate pouches, adjusting the amount and the type of stuffing accordingly.
The dough we made the aromatic buns and then the Garlic Bread the rest of the dough left over from that recipe is put in polybag bags & in the freezer to make delicious, easy-to-make pizzas with delicate crust and simple ingredients, and most of all homemade ingredients, whenever we want. we have the solution «in our hands»!
The secret to this polymorphic dough is its time of maturing in the refrigerator for many hours or even in the freezer. Even when we take it out to room temperature after many hours to cook it continues to swell…
Today it became Pizzas.
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work: 30′

time: 3h:00′

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Three Cheese Garlic Bread

Three delicious kinds of cheese that melt and roll the homemade bread buns, lots of garlic, and roasted in the oven are these addictive garlic slices. Rich, creamy, and crunchy, they combine with too many dishes to dominate the Barbecue Grills. A juicy steak or fluffy burger will taste delicious with these buns! They are also consumed on their own as a meze/ snack with the drink of our choice. Here they were combined with roasted sweet potatoes and their taste was irresistible!
Their dough recipe is two posts behind and you can find it under the heading: «Pastry for Bread & Pizza».
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 30′

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Feta Cheese Bread - Tyropsomo

Traditional Cheese bread/Cheese pie with a spiral-shaped slice, combining the shape of a circle and its dynamic movement, symbolizes Time. As part of the smooth endless line it also symbolizes the development, continuity, pace of breathing and life itself. It becomes our own consciousness to accept the turns, the changes and the evolution of life.
Usually, older housewives made this Cheese Bread by keeping a little of the dough from their bread, using the classic natural sourdough technique… then came the ready-made yeast, fresh or dried and of course the quick way of our life to make us forget the existence of the primitive process of maturation of the mother yeast…
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work: 20′

time: 2h:00′

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Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Very tasty Sun-Dried Tomatoes are made from mature regular tomatoes or from anhydrous tomatoes (a special variety of tomatoes, which is common in many islands in the Aegean Sea and resembles the Italian pomodori or roma variety). Dried under the sun they evaporate the water they contain. On drying, tomatoes lose 88% of their weight while larger tomatoes lose 93%.
Sundried tomatoes have the same nutritional value as fresh and to produce a kilo of sun dried tomatoes need about 14 kg of fresh tomatoes. They are rich in lycopene, antioxidants and vitamin C. They are preserved in sterilized jars in olive oil and various aromatic herbs and spices, like coriander & cardamom.
Sundried tomatoes have a great variety of colors, sizes and flavors. They have many uses in the Mediterranean Cuisine. Traditionally they are served with olive oil, feta cheese & basil for a very tasty meal.

work: 20′

time: 2-3 days

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Cheese Filo Triangles

Wonderful, delicious, dry without extra oils, without greasy texture, that alters their taste and appearance. Follow the instructions and you will have the tastiest triangles cheese pies. If you add them to the serving as long as they are lukewarm, with fresh thyme honey, then the flavors take off and the palate tastes a delicious flavor. Their ingredients are simple and very easy to do.
We preferred for filling the fresh Manouri this extraordinary traditional Greek cheese with its origins dating back to ancient times. It belongs to the category of soft whey cheeses and is produced mainly in Central and Western Macedonia, Thessaly and Crete, having been designated by the Greek National Milk Commission as "the most excellent traditional Greek whey cheese".
It is distinguished by its sweet and mild taste, aroma and texture. Manouri, while considered ideal for the preparation of appetizers, is widely used in a variety of hot or cold, sweet or salty, mainly dessert meals.
Here in these triangular pancakes it was perfect with the Fylo pastry sheets remaining firm, enclosing the cheese.
Yours!

work: 40′

time: 40′

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Cheese & Garlic Bread

I love the special way in cutting diamonds, just a bite size and suitable to form cheesy strings of melted cheese inside, and pull and stretch each piece of garlic bread! So both buttery and garlicky, excellent.
It is an economical meze solution for the next gathering of friends for beer and drink. It is very popular with both young and old, it is becoming more and more like a game the way of enjoyment. The best part is the base of bread… butter and cheese drip down and as it gets baked it becomes delicious and crisp… guarantee!
NOTE: it is strictly eaten with the fingers!
Yours!

work: 10′

time: 30′

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Grilled Peppers Stuffed with Cheese & Feta

An easy recipe for tasty peppers with cheeses and herbs. A simple, elegant and delicious appetizer or main dish.
Peppers due to shape & taste is a favorite vegetable with many applications in our cooking but very easy to use when it comes to filling them. They are filled with many delicious ingredients according to our taste and taste…
In Kitchen Stories there are plenty of suggestions to fill delicious and just any peppers you want. Large Florina type, colorful large or small, hot or sweet, classic bell-shaped, etc. depending on season and latitude & longitude you are in.
The present dish has a dual choice. This appetizer but also the main dish.
Yours!

work: 30′

time: 1h:10′

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Vegetarian Burgers

Vegetarian Burgers in combination with the almost essential cheese and egg protein to give these alternative burgers the necessary dietary dynamics for a relatively dietetic dish of «different burgers without a lot of remorse»…
Portobello mushrooms, broccoli, corn, breadcrumbs are some of the key ingredients. They are flavored with the British origin of Worcestershire sauce, with coriander seeds, flaxseed, onion and garlic. They are made delicious, easy to digest and all this is a deliberate alternative to replacing minced meat.
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work: 30′

time: 50′

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Spinach & Cheese Mini Pies

These Spinach Pies & Cheeses are made with Yoghurt Dough and baked in the oven. They are delicious and cute, as they are small, though with a lengthy process. If you are not busy and have fun dealing with anxiolytic procedures, such as dough, make them and enjoy them at your festive table. It is ideal finger food and perfect for a buffet. They are worth their effort.
Yours!

work: 1h:30′

time: 2h:30′

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Spinach, Rocket Savory Cake

Savory Cake with the main ingredient of spinach and many other delicious ingredients to sidekick role for this cake. Most of the time it takes to make the cake is devoted to the preparation of its individual ingredients, because they are a lot, but each one contributes to its delicacy. It is otherwise very easy to make, a delicious slurry and inside all the other ingredients.
Spinach and rocket, as well as ginger, mozzarella, eggs, oil, milk, tomatoes, peppers and raisins.
On our table was accompanied with sweet potatoes in the oven baked together with the cake and a salad green.
Yours.

work: 1h:00′

time: 2h:00′

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Smoked Salmon Sandwich

Small smoked salmon sandwiches with cream cheese spread, flavored with fresh chopped dill & fresh or dried chives, on fluffy toast bread.
Easy and fast finger food for the Christmas festive buffet, the festive days that we all need to feel the magic of the moment, the warmth of the family table and homemade care.
Sometimes small and short meals, with easy preparation, give us wonderful, relaxing moments of joy.
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work: 15′

time: 15′

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Bacon & Gruyere Zucchini Bread

Savory Cake with Zucchini, Gruyere and Bacon. Fluffy, moist, inflatable and with great flavors. It is delicious, served hot from the oven or even cold. It has the texture of a regular cake, but the flavors are naturally savory. A really simple and easy recipe with a relaxed process, without a mixer and a single pot for the sink! Suitable for young people in student life but for a light meal or brunch.
As you can see, they are also done like these muffins here. It is very nice and practical to take them with you for snack, party, school and other outdoor activities. It's really multi-purpose.
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work: 15′

time: 1h:30′

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Goat Cheese Crostini with Prosciutto & Figs

Tuscany is a region of Central Italy with beautiful landscapes, verdant countryside, splendid cities and villages and a unique ambiance. For example San Gimignano, which dominates the top of a hill, is one of Italy's best preserved medieval cities. But above all, there is the capital of Florence, which attracts millions of visitors for many reasons… but for their taste too.
Staying to recollect trips and wanderings, which year after year dwindle, I did not fail to bring in my memory and in our Kitchen, Tuscany, narrating another culinary history, making crostini with crispy bread, fresh goat cheese, fresh figs, strawberry jam, and exquisite prosciutto, all sprinkled like fine rain with the unique balsamico di Modena!
A bold savory-sweety combination of ingredients, scents, flavors & textures that will travel us and that our taste buds will keep it for a long time… forever I would dare say.
Yours!

work: 10′

time: 20′

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Baked Eggplant with Tomatoes & Feta

Fresh sweet aubergines straight from the vegetable garden, combined with grated cheese to melt on the palate and delicious feta cheese with fresh tomato and spicy sausages to give us a delicious fried for evening, our summer ouzo with our friends.
Although between us, with so many ingredients becomes easily main dish and consumed pleasantly.
One tip only: Fry the eggplants in too little oil and for very little. We do not want to absorb oil to spoil the freshness of this dish and to taste it.
Yours!

εργασία: 30′

χρόνος: 1h:00′

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Savory Tomato Tart

Tomatoes are the essence of summer and having the privilege of finding them easily on the benches of our markets or on our garden, we can use them in a multitude of recipes.
For this recipe we need tomatoes that are at the peak of their maturity. Red, juicy, all together, small, medium, large, pizza-style in a puff pastry, sprinkled with the unique balsamic flavor, sprinkled with salt and a few fresh basil leaves. They come in the oven to brown for a while, so that they become crisp and crumbly at the same time.
You will like this tart, eaten as an appetizer but as your main dish too, with a green salad and cold beer.
Yours!

work: 10′

time: 50′

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Crispy Pies with Spinach, Pine & Raisins

Make and share these mini pies, wrapped in crisp crust phyllo pastry sheets, with delicious filling and easy process of making them. Roasted pine nuts, roasted sesame seeds and raisins in their filling give a completely different taste to these individual pies from the classic version of a spinach pie, at least as we know most.
These pies were made with frozen spinach that often solves our hands in preparations for banquets or fast cooking by students, workers and not only.
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work: 30′

time: 40′

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Yellow Split Pea with Caper

Fava beans are a legume and not so common in our daily meals. However, despite the strict austerity of its presence in our Kitchen Stories, it is considered to be one of the most delicious dishes of legumes that we honor most often.
Gentle, delicate flavor and velvety texture in cream form is eaten as an accompaniment to ouzo-wine but also as a main dish with olives, feta cheese, toasted slices of home bread and a glass of red wine.
Throughout Greece, we know as the famous products of the Greek motherland the delicious Prespes beans, Sifnos chickpeas, Amorgo fava beans, Skyros and the most famous of all of Santorini, where it is grown for hundreds of years. All legumes are an enormous nutritional value for a Mediterranean / Greek diet with many health benefits.
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work: 30′

time: 50′

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