Category: Doughs
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Salmon Pancake Brunch ~ Fluffy Pancake Recipe and Thinner Pancake Recipe
The beauty about pancakes is that they can be eaten with any type of savoury or sweet topping one pleases! From syrup, sugar and lemon, blueberries and whipped cream, strawberries or bananas and Nutella to bacon, salmon, cheese, mushrooms and tomatoes. When I was visiting some friends in Toronto they introduced me to Aunt Jemima […]
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Cheese Pie with Homemade Filo ~ Χωριάτικη Στριφτή Τυρόπιτα με Χειροποίητο Φύλο
The art of filo making is a tradition well kept by my grandmother’s generation. Unfortunately in recent years it has started to die out as it is considered a time consuming hassle by modern working Greek women. Since the popularity of pies hasn’t died in Greece the gap in the availability of good filo is […]
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Kourou Cheese Pies ~ Τυροπιτάκια Κουρού
Lots of recipes lately not because I have been baking more but because I have more time for uploads! For me good home made food is a must so baking and cooking different recipes are part of my daily routine! I will share another cheese pie recipe that I found the other day and I […]
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Vanilla and Chocolate Cream Eclairs
I love challenges and when my work and everything else is under control I indulge myself in getting challenged in baking. I was in between making eclairs or baked Alaskas since they are considered two of the most difficult desserts. I asked a few friends for what they would prefer and most of them went […]
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Thessaloniki Bagels ~ Koulouri Thessalonikis
‘Gastronomos’ is a cooking and baking magazine produced by one of the biggest newspapers in Greece. It comes out once a month and it is being sold along with the newspaper on the Sunday issue. Last Sunday the October issue was out and to my excitement it featured recipes from Thessaloniki. Needless to say I was very excited […]
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Scones with Love
I met a close friend of mine for lunch yesterday who is also a dedicated baker like me. While we were chatting I mentioned that one of the reasons why I love baking is that it reminds me that the natural world has its own perfect timing. We live in a world where ‘time is […]
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Upside Down Pizzas ~ Ανάποδη Πίτσα
We all love pizza and we have eaten it for breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack. So much variety in toppings and doughs we are spoiled with choice! Of course it originates in Italy and according to Wikipedia ‘On 9 December 2009, the European Union, upon Italian request, granted Traditional Specialty Guaranteed (TSG) safeguard to […]
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Greek Cheese Pies Inspired by Recipes from Crete ~ Τυροπιτάκια Κρητικά στο Φούρνο ή Τηγανιτά
I love cheese pies and I find they are a very easy and yummy alternative to breakfasts or lunch time treats especially when there is no time for cooking. I usually bake or cook a bunch and keep them in the feezer. Then whenever I want one or two I just put them in the […]
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