Category: Doughs
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Puff Pastry Recipe ~ Σφολιάτα Συνταγή

I have tried a couple of puff pastry recipes and I think this one works better in terms of how you work the dough. It’s not very difficult but if you have any questions feel free to ask 🙂 For 1 kg puff pastry we need: 500g flour 500g good quality butter in room temperature…
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Greek Style Cheese Pie (Tiropita) with Homemade Filo Pastry ~ Τυρόπιτα με Χειροποίητο Φύλλο

One of the things I take on my return to the UK from Greece is different types of cheese. Unfortunately because I am a great cheese lover I finish my Greek stock in no time. For this reason I decided to make a cheese pita, put it in the freezer and eat it slowly slowly.…
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Light Olive Bread with Orange Juice ~ Νηστίσιμο Ελιόψωμο με Χυμό Πορτοκαλιού

Another characteristic of Greek food culture is the great variety in vegetarian dishes due to long fasting periods within Greek orthodox culture. The ingredients that are allowed within fasting periods are very specific and exactly because Greeks are great lovers of good food many alternative recipes exist to substitute basic Greek food craves. Right now…
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Muffins with Feta Cheese and Onion
Brought some feta from Greece and I wanted to bake some breakfast muffins with it. As lately I love adding onion almost to everything I looked for a recipe that combined feta with onions 🙂 This is a very simple recipe as you simply mix the ingredients and put them in the oven. The less…
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Cinnamon Rolls
And the new academic year has officially started! Cinnamon rolls have become a bit of a tradition here in the University of Warwick residences. My night boredom had always resulted in baking. But when you get the urge to start baking at around 9 in the evening it is normal to have the finished good…