Cool winter nights mean soup – and there is nothing easier than this quick and simple cumin spiced pumpkin soup, with thyme & cumin infused EVOO. I also garnish the top with some crunchy cubes…
Ratatouille
Cumin spiced pumpkin soup
Mussels with tomato
Sweet, succulent mussels, complete with a garlic-spiked tomato sauce are the perfect recipe for a lazy Sunday lunch. Make sure there is plenty of toasted sourdough 0n hand to mop up the sauce, once the…
Tiganites
Tiganites, or Greek pancakes, make the perfect leisurely breakfast. Top with fresh, homemade mizithra and a really good Greek honey, such as pine or chestnut and serve along side some walnuts or almonds and seasonal…
Kotopoulo sto forno
One of Mum’s signature dishes: Zakynthian style roast chicken and lemon potatoes. A perfect Sunday lunch with a fresh, crunchy politiki or marouli salad alongside. While it involves a bit of preparation work in the…
Tassia’s Soutzoukakia
On a cold, damp day there is nothing nicer to curl up with a generous bowl of soutzoukakia. Gentled spiced with cumin (a rarity in Greek cooking) and slowly poached in a garlic tomato sauce,…
Grilled oysters
Do you have friends, family or dinner guests who are a bit squeamish when it comes to oysters? My family are divided 50/50 into oyster lovers and oyster ‘tolerators’. The tolerators will stifle down maybe…
Octopus Stifado
Stifado is a warming dish – always made with lots of tiny onions and plenty of ripe tomato. Stifado can be made ‘meat free’ with octopus or cauliflower and in non fasting times rabbit, chicken…
Mizithra
One of the great joys of Greek farmer’s markets is finding freshly made Mizithra, which is very similar to Italian ricotta cheese. In Greece, it is generally made with sheep milk. While sheep milk is…
