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.
Pastourmasair-dried beef coated in fenugreek paste, sliced very thin
PatsasTripe and trotter soup with garlic vinegar, eaten at dawn.
RakomeloRaki warmed with honey, cinnamon and cloves, drunk in small glasses.
Retsinawhite wine flavoured with Aleppo pine resin, sharply aromatic
Saganakipan-seared cheese finished with a lemon squeeze
Skordaliathick garlic purée bound with potato, bread or almonds
Soutzoukakiacumin-and-garlic meatballs stewed in tomato sauce
Souvlakicharcoal pork skewers with pita and tzatziki
Spanakopitaspinach and feta phyllo pie
Stifadobeef stewed with pearl onions, wine, cinnamon
Taramasalatawhipped fish-roe dip with bread and lemon
Tiropitaflaky cheese-filled phyllo pastry
ToursiBrined peppers, cabbage and green tomatoes eaten with meat and ouzo.
Tsipouroclear pomace spirit drunk with small plates of meze
TsourekiBraided sweet bread scented with mahlepi and mastic, often with a red egg.
Tzatzikistrained yoghurt, cucumber and garlic dip
VisinadaSour cherry syrup diluted with cold water, deep red and tart.
XinochondrosCracked wheat soured with goat's milk, dried and cooked into porridge or stews.-
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…