Spicy pears with cheese and red wine syrup

Very tasty and elegant recipe to make and serve as a first dish before a Festive or other formal dinner. If you are for stronger flavours replace the roquefort with a spicy gorgonzola or Stilton (a personal favourite) cheese. I have tried the recipe with all these cheeses and although the final taste was different, all of them were utterly delicious. If you don't like rocket you can use baby spinach leaves instead

Braised beef in tomato sauce with thyme and quinces

Simple, very homey and delicious recipe for a Sunday family meal! If you want to please your guests with a Greek classic "mum's recipe" this is the ideal dish

Spicy carrot and potato soup with wine

The soup season is here again and those who are big soup lovers they must be thrilled! Always hearty, filling, nutritious and delicious the soups we make at home and when we give a bit of time using fresh ingredients they are even better! Here we have a nice version of carrot soup which will warm you to the bone! The original version includes curry powder but we are not big fans of it at our house so the coriander and the paprika took its place

Mini phyllo meat pies served with fragrant yoghurt dip

A delicious recipe to enrich your table serving these pies as a first dish, as one of many treats on a buffet or to enjoy at a casual gathering along with a chilled wine. You can omit the cheese if you want, I put it in because we are cheese lovers... The sugar is included and I always add a bit because it breaks down the acidity of the tomatoes even from a tin. The onion is added because in my opinion it gives an extra and subtle sweet taste to the filling, but you can omit it if you like

Special savoury orange salad with Manouri cheese

With the sweetness of the oranges and the Manouri cheese, with its dinstictive taste, melting in your mouth what we have here is a special salad and one my favourites. I had never imagined before that such a combination of ingredients would work so perfectly!

Baked Atlantic Bonito with garlic, potatoes and leeks

Great, tasty, meaty fish with a delicious recipe to enjoy it! Leeks give an extra flavour and sweetness to the whole dish