As it is well known Greek cuisine has a vast number of recipes based on legumes. One of our favourite recipes that we enjoy, not only in winter but all year round, is baked giant beans, which in Greek we call “yíyantes plakí”.
Tag Archives: comfort food
Greek chicken soup (Avgolémono)
There’s no better winter comfort food than soup. And when it comes to soup the first one that comes in mind is chicken soup. Why? Perhaps it’s because our mother would always make chicken soup when we were young. It brings back memories and warmth. Both sentimental and corporal warmth.
Traditional Greek meat pie
There’s no doubt that pies, being an essential part of the Greek cuisine, are one of our most favorite comfort foods. Moreover –and there’s no doubt about that either- pies are the most popular street food in the country. Wherever you go in Greece you will always bump into a pie shop!
Buyurdí
On our blog today we’ve got a recipe from the northern parts of Greece. A recipe that’s totally suitable for cold weather, a real comfort food! And so easy to make!
Greek leek pie
Pies are an essential feature in Greek cuisine. Every region has its own way of making them and a preference to certain ingredients. The most popular ones are those that combine vegetables with cheese- mainly feta cheese but other types of cheese are used as well.
Leek pie is a very nice pie, delicious with elegant flavors thanks to the sweetness the leek provides to the pie.
Papoutsakia
“Papoutsakia”, the name of the dish on today’s post, literally means “little shoes”. But it’s also a wonderful Greek dish from the Peloponese, in the south of the country, where eggplants are commonly used in the local cuisine. “Papoutsakia” is actually eggplants stuffed with minced meat sauce and topped with béchamel sauce. One could say that it is a variation of the famous moussaka , but “papoutsakia” are equally delicious and when you taste them you’ll end up relishing more than one!
Moussaka
Moussaká is perhaps the most emblematic Greek summer dish. It can be found at almost every restaurant in Greece and every Greek restaurant in the world. Basically it is made with two summer vegetables, eggplant and zucchini, but potatoes are usually added or used as a substitute to one of the two basic vegetables.