Rice Meatball Soup

A soup that we can enjoy with great pleasure and soothe, warm and satiate a stubborn stomach from the first spoon. A wonderful, warm, rich soup with rice meatball & some vegetables.
This soup, with the unique Greek egg-lemon sauce, is so delicious that it is superior to the other colored versions.
If your tastes and culinary moods coincide with ours, try it!
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work: 00h:30′

time: 1h:00′

easy:

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».
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work: 15′

time: 30′

very easy:

Cabbage Roll with Leek & Red Sauce

Favorite and delicious dish of our traditional cuisine and many other nations, with a wide variety of filling and cooking ways. It consists of cooked cabbage leaves wrapped around a variety of fillings.
Here cooked with chopped herbs, vegetables such as leeks, carrots and red tomato sauce to the filling, which gave a different hue to the final result, helping the cayenne pepper.
The process is broken down into several steps rather than to dissuade you from create them, but to help you organize and plan their preparation and to help you with small tips for cooking the leaves and the whole preparation.
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work: 1h:45′

time: 2h:30′

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Cold Bean Salad: Piyaz

Tasty summer dish as a main but also accompanying tsipouro meze. Garnished with chopped onion, parsley, oil and lemon and sprinkled with freshly ground pepper, sumac & chili peppers for color and flavor and all together for health and vitamins! Whether you say it bean salad or Turkish piyaz, is one of the most classic dishes with beans after the bean soup.
All beans contain high amounts of protein and fiber. An amazing combination for the protection of the digestive system and moving the food through the intestines. Fiber helps to better digest food and help ensure that the waste products to be eliminated. It is known for their irreplaceable effects in the digestive tract, while protein helps the body to maintain optimal health and build healthy muscle mass.
Try them!

work: 15′

time: 45′

easy:

Hortopita: Greek Savory Pie with Greens, Herbs & Feta Cheese

An epic Savory Pie!
Delicious, hearty in a beautiful phyllo dough almost handmade.
The process is time consuming in particular the very good cleaning and washing, which are required for the preparation of many greens & aromatic plants & herbs.
The entire process can be done in two stages for convenience. Prepare the vegetables from the previous day, let them drain well all night and the next day continue to complete the pie.
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work: 3h:00′

time: 4h:00′

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Mushroom Ricotta Tart

Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus) sauteed and mixed with herbs and impregnated with balsamic. Ricotta tender and fresh along with salty parmesan meet and combine up to a crispy dough sheet to form together a delicious tart, a savory tart with rural style. Each layer, each ingredient participates with its own taste intensity in a wonderful treat for the palate.
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work: 30′

time: 1h:00′

easy:

Greek Greens Pie - Hortopita

Favorite pie, traditional pie, lenten pie, with delicious aromatic herbs of the Spring. Everyone likes it and gets eaten with an appetite.
The greens are in abundance in the wild to gather ourselves, or at the grocery store or farmer's market. Look for them.
The diversity and composition of the individual components may vary, but that it is always delicious. It can be made with ready phyllo for more convenience. Wrapped in a circle and forms a large snail. Baked in the oven to become crisp and browned.
Try it!

work: 2h:30′

time: 3h:30′

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Rice Meatball in the Oven

Rice meatballs with the known, traditional flavor but with a different way of cooking the classic recipe, that most know, and gives them another texture and another flavor.
Minced meat, rice, aromatic herbs and lemon juice are the ingredients for delicious, baked, rice meatballs. The addition of lemon zest to the flour, with which we flour them is the magic material that will give them a special flavor and elevate their taste.
Proposal: do not skip, is more than a soup with rice meatballs, believe me!

work: 30′

time: 1h:20′

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Baked Sea Bream in Foil

One of the easiest and most effective way to cook fish is to wrap them in aluminum foil. All the flavors are left in the wrapper and permeate the flesh of the fish during cooking. We use simple ingredients and very fresh fish for best results.
The recipe requires very few ingredients, but you will be pleasantly surprised with the flavors. The bream is delicious fish big enough with a lot of flesh, whatever you need for the oven. Stuffed with parsley, garlic and olives. The tomatoes give color and additional flavor.
A Low Carb dish, suitable for those who prefer a diet without carbohydrates.
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work: 20′

time: 1h:00′

very easy:

Pasta with Blue Cheese Sauce

Juicy, hearty pasta, quick dish but no snack.
White sauce with cream, blue cheese and parmesan, with a light touch of garlic.
Done very quickly and satiate quickly. Ideal for fast food after the sea, extremely tasty.
If you are convinced about the taste, you have to try it, dedicating just 15 minutes!

work: 15′

time: 15′

easy:

Chicken Curry with Pilau Rice

Various curry dishes are made ​​with spices of infinite combinations, ingredients and cooking modes. Basic spices is curry, turmeric, coriander and cumin.
Chicken curry, therefore, with basmati rice pilaf. Fast, delicious and aromatic dish with the presence of many spices cooked whole that give it flavor and zest.
Everyone likes it and a little more the lovers of ethnic cuisines.

work: 30′

time: 1h:00′

easy:

Octopus with Orange & Olives

Octopus with the intense aroma of orange and the flavor of olives. The white wine provides a heady aftertaste and intensity to the food's flavor. Cooked just until the flesh of the octopus softens and thicken the sauce.
A delicious dish for those fasting.
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The recipe

Octopus with Orange & Olives

can be found in the book «Μεζέδες».

work: 15′

time: 01h:00′

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Author Zambia G. Sifaki

Stuffed Vine Leaves

Vine leaves stuffed with rice, herbs and vegetables.
A local Mytilene recipe that adds zucchini and lettuce.
Combine this with the refreshing yogurt sauce, and the strong flavor of spearmint flavor.
Make them now, which is the season of fresh leaves and enjoy it as main dish or as the ultimate appetizer.
Try an excellent proposal by a professional cook for many years, in the large urban houses of old Mytilene.

work: 02h:00'

time: 02h:45'

difficult: 4/5

Grilled Salmon

Grilled Salmon fresh fillets. Delicious salmon fillets, filled with a mixture of aromatic herbs, onion, parsley, ginger and other spices, that give it a strong and balanced flavor.
A tasty dish you can make for the people you love and care. A gourmet dish of high culinary standards!

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work: 00h:30'

time: 00h:40'

medium: 3/5