Category: Savoury
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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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Perfect Crepe for a Perfect Morning ~ Recipe by Nigel Slater
image: http://jackpot-84.deviantart.com/art/Bigoudens-84317486 One of my favorite breakfast menus includes crepes. I have tried many recipes but all of them ended up a pancake/crepe hybrid. After extended research I have finally found a recipe for thin, moist and a bit crispy crepes. Nigel Slater seems to know his game and I will be forever grateful! http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2002/feb/24/foodanddrink.recipes I know that…
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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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Bacon and Mushroom tart
By Sotiria Iliadou For the dough 250 gr of all purpose flour 125 gr. butter 2 egg yolks pinch of salt 2-3 tbsp cold water For the filling 1 can of mushrooms 1 chopped onion in fine slices 250 gr parmesan 3 eggs 1 small single cream 5-6 slices of bacon or smoked bacon pinch…
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