Greece
Ask what Greece eats and the answer starts with this: olive oil, lemon, oregano and feta brighten grilled meats, phyllo pies and island vegetables. Look for Moussaka (baked layers of eggplant, spiced lamb mince, béchamel), Souvlaki (charcoal pork skewers with pita and tzatziki) and Gyros (spit-roasted pork shaved into pita with fries, tzatziki). The modern layered version with béchamel was created in the 1920s by Nikolaos Tselementes, who reworked Greek cooking along French lines. This atlas has 54 Greece dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.
54 dishes.
Assyrtikobone-dry, mineral white grown on Santorini's volcanic soil
Avgolemonochicken-rice soup thickened with whisked egg-lemon
Avgotarachogrey mullet roe pressed, dried and sealed in beeswax
BougatsaThessaloniki phyllo with custard or cheese, dusted with sugar
Dakosbarley rusk softened with tomato, topped with mizithra and oregano
Diplesthin dough ribbons fried, folded and drenched in honey and walnuts
Dolmadesvine leaves stuffed with rice, herbs, lemon
Fasoladawhite bean, tomato and olive-oil soup
FavaSantorini yellow split-pea purée with capers, onion
Fetabrined sheep-and-goat cheese, crumbled over salads or baked
Frappéshaken iced instant coffee crowned with foam
Freddo espressoEspresso shaken with ice into cold foam, served over ice cubes.
Galaktobourekosemolina custard baked in syrupy phyllo
Gemistatomatoes and peppers baked stuffed with herbed rice
Gravierahard, nutty gruyère-style cheese from Crete, Naxos and Epirus
Greek coffeeFinely ground coffee boiled in a briki, served with grounds and cold water.
Greek saladtomato, cucumber, olives, feta slab, oregano, olive oil
Greek yogurtstrained yoghurt, thick and tart, eaten with honey and walnuts
Gyrosspit-roasted pork shaved into pita with fries, tzatziki
Kalamata olivesAlmond-shaped purple olives cured in brine and vinegar, salty and fruity.
KalitsouniaSmall Cretan pastries filled with mizithra cheese or wild greens.
Keftedesherbed fried meatballs, classic meze with ouzo
Kleftikolamb sealed and slow-baked in a clay oven
Kokoretsilamb offal wrapped in intestines and turned on a spit
Koulourisesame-crusted bread ring sold from morning carts
KourabiedesButtery almond shortbread buried under thick icing sugar.
Lakerdasalt-cured bonito slices served in olive oil with onion
Loukanikopork sausage flavoured with orange peel, fennel and leek
Loukoumadeshoney-soaked doughnut balls with cinnamon, walnuts
Magiritsalamb offal and lettuce soup thickened with egg and lemon
Mastihaclear liqueur flavoured with the resin of Chios mastic trees
MelomakaronaSpiced honey and orange biscuits drenched in syrup and walnut crumbs.
Metaxaamber blend of brandy, aged wine and botanicals, drunk neat
Moussakabaked layers of aubergine, spiced lamb mince, béchamel
Ouzoanise spirit that clouds with water, meze companion
Pastitsiobaked pasta with cinnamon-scented meat sauce, béchamel-
Assyrtiko
Bone-dry, mineral white grown on Santorini’s volcanic soil. A wine & spirit recipe from Greece.
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Avgolemono
Chicken-rice soup thickened with whisked egg-lemon. Ready in 10 min prep and 45 min cooking. 4 servings. A soup &…
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Avgotaracho
Grey mullet roe pressed, dried and sealed in beeswax. A charcuterie & cured recipe from Greece.
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Bougatsa
Thessaloniki phyllo with custard or cheese, dusted with sugar. Ready in 30 min prep and 50 min cooking. 1 tray,…
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Diples
Thin dough ribbons fried, folded and drenched in honey and walnuts. Ready in 45 min prep and 45 min cooking.…
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Dolmades
Vine leaves stuffed with rice, herbs, lemon. Ready in 1 hr prep and 50 min cooking. 60 dolmades. A snack…
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Fasolada
White bean, tomato and olive-oil soup. Ready in 15 min prep and 1 hr 30 min cooking. 6 servings. A…
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Fava
Santorini yellow split-pea purée with capers, onion. Ready in 10 min prep and 1 hr cooking. 6 servings. A salad…