One of the most loved home style Greek recipes, psarosoupa (fish soup) is a perfect dish for those cooler autumn nights. Sophia’s recipe starts with a simple vegetable stock, which uses plenty of celery leaves…
Ratatouille
Psarosoupa avgolemono
Patates tiganites
The perfect chip is a difficult thing to achieve. Yet go to any good Greek taverna and you will be served an impressive bowl of chunky, hand cut potato chips, made from local potatoes and…
Kouneli stifado
It’s amazing how as soon as the weather turns chilly our cravings for comfort food set in. A longing for salads dissipates with the first frosts of winter. This is the weather where Sophia’s hearty…
Tsigariasta me achivades
Sophia recommends eating Horta, the Greek name for ‘wild’ greens at least once per week – more if you can. Different health complaints can call for different types of Horta and in differing amounts. Ma…
Kolokythiokeftedes
If you ever been to Greece, then chances are you may have ordered these delicious fritters in a taverna. For me they are the quintessential Greek summer holiday food. Give me a plate of these,…
Louvi me domatas
Beans or legumes are one of the great pillars of the Greek Mediterranean diet. Often called ‘poor man’s meat’ they have been the main source of protein for many Greek people since Ancient times, also…
Mrs Androulakis’ Tzatziki
Tzatziki has developed a bad reputation due to being mass produced with vegetable oils, suspicious chemical thickners and more, in every supermarket from Dubbo to Dublin. The good news is that ‘real’ tzatziki is one…
Horiatiki salad
Greek salad. Does it even need a recipe? It probably doesn’t. All you need is exceptionally good summer produce. Crisp, refreshing cucumbers and rich red, juicy heirloom tomatoes that don’t shirk from their gloriously odd…
