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Cypriot Koubes: Yiayia’s Recipe
My grandmother’s recipe for traditional Cypriot koubes: fried bulgar-wheat shells, filled with minced meat. Just as you’ll find them in Cyprus.
Chicken giouvetsi: chicken with kritharaki / manestra
Chicken giouvetsi: chicken with kritharaki/manestra/orzo pasta baked in the oven.
Traditional Athenian bifteki tylichto with homemade tomato saltsa
One of the simplest ways to make an Athenian-style tylichto or ‘souvlaki’, in one of its earliest traditional forms. Plus, a basic tomato sauce recipe for souvlakia.
Smyrneika Soutzoukakia Recipe by City Girl goes to Chorio
City Girl goes to Chorio’s Smyrneika soutzoukakia – traditional meatballs in spiced tomato salsa from Asia Minor.
Kreatopita Recipe with leftover souvla & souvlakia
Kreatopita (meat pie), but using leftover meat from your BBQ (souvla/kontosouvli, souvlakia etc.).
Traditional kreatopita with pork: Greek meat pie recipe
Kreatopita: traditional Greek meat pie with pork and onions, including handmade filo pastry.
Koupepia Recipe: Cypriot dolmadakia with minced meat, tomatoes, mint and cinnamon
Koupepia: dolmadakia aka dolmades aka sarmadakia, but the Cypriot way, with pork mince, tomatoes, cinnamon and mint.
Spetsofai recipe: spicy Greek sausage stew with peppers and tomatoes
Spetsofai is a spicy traditional Greek sausage and pepper stew from Pylio, perfect for the winter months or as a spicy meze.
Traditional Greek Mousakas Recipe
The tastiest, most straightforward traditional, authentic recipe for Nikolaos Tselementes’ ultimate modern Greek classic: mousakas.
