Braised chicken with carrots and sage

Inspired by traditional recipes from various regions of Crete this dish will satisfy you to the full! Simple ingredients that more or less we all have in our fridge and pantry but with such a delicious result

Easy home made bread

Very tasty and not complicated recipe for home made bread! Enjoy the aroma and the taste of a freshly baked loaf any time in the year. Family and friends will appreciate it for sure!

Traditional pork and leeks pie with home made pastry

This is a delicious meat pie inspired by traditional recipes from Northern Greece. The combination of pork, leeks and the, full of aroma, spices is a classic!! It is a fully Winter-time recipe so take advantage of the season and don't try it out after February or March because it will not feel the same. It's a "heavy" recipe for really cold weather and demands a rich red wine to enjoy it! A great idea is to knead the dough with red wine instead of water, something I suggest in the ingredients below. Believe me, the taste of the pastry is amazing with the wine, something you have not tasted before! If the pork is not your favourite meat you can substitute with beef as long as it comes from some tender part of the animal. Pies usually are served in Greece as a first dish or a snack or as a side dish. This pie though is a full main meal itself and you can serve it along with a mixed cabbage and carrot salad and a good quality feta cheese

Roast garlic relish

Garlic (“skordo” in Greek) is one of the main and very popular ingredients in Greek cuisine. Garlic fits almost everywhere, it goes with nearly all savoury dishes. In some of them two or three cloves are more than enough. For a lighter flavour it is better to peel them. In Thrace (Northeastern Greece) where many dishes are "heavier" than those in other areas whole garlic heads are used in various meat and poultry stews after removing the outer skin and the fronds. This garlic relish is quite versatile since it can be used in salad dressings (about 1 tsp is enough) for a bit of extra flavour, in pasta sauces, in soups to give a bit of a kick, to rub on a chicken for roasting, to various seafoods and even as an addition to any dish with innards! Just a few simple ingredients for such an aromatic and delicious relish!

 

Cuttlefish stifado

Stifado... one of the most popular Winter-time (mainly) dishes around Greece. The variety of stifados is quite large. From the original recipe with hare or rabbit to every other possible meat and even sea food as the recipe I have for you today. But, always, in this dish the stars are the sweet little onions. For those who are not fans of cuttlefish there is always the alternative of the squid. Only in that case instead of vinegar we use dry white wine. You can serve the dish with fries, rice pilaf, pasta or steamed vegetables

Cinnamon flavoured easy carrot jam

It's not many years since I first discovered how tasty carrot jam can be. A friend made some and offered me a small jar to taste it. It is an easy recipe to follow and of course because of the availability of the carrots it is a jam that you can have any time of the year without needing to fill a lot of jars and overload your fridge or your cupboards