Horiatiki Greek Salad
A real horiatiki has no lettuce in it: just tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, onion, olives and a slab of feta, dressed…
Olive oil, lemon and oregano over everything. 25 tested Greek recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
A real horiatiki has no lettuce in it: just tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, onion, olives and a slab of feta, dressed…
Thirty layers of filo, three layers of spiced pistachio and walnut, and a citrus syrup poured over at exactly the…
Lemon, oregano and olive oil is all a good souvlaki marinade needs. Grill it hard so the edges char, then pile into…
Thick strained yogurt, grated cucumber squeezed dry, garlic, dill and good olive oil. Made properly it is dense…
Potatoes roasted in a pool of lemon juice, olive oil and stock until the liquid has gone and what is left is a…
Marinated pork shaved off a home-built stack, wrapped in pita with tzatziki, tomato, onion and — this is not…
Layers of roasted aubergine, spiced lamb ragù and a thick béchamel enriched with egg yolks and kefalotyri, baked…
Spinach and feta between shattering layers of filo, brushed generously with olive oil and butter. The trick is…
Thick strained yoghurt with thyme honey poured over and toasted walnuts on top. Three ingredients, and the quality…
Greek baked pasta: tubes of bucatini standing on end under spiced lamb and a thick béchamel set with egg and cheese…
Yeasted dough balls fried until hollow and crisp, soaked in honey syrup and dusted with cinnamon and walnuts…
A silky Greek chicken and rice soup thickened with an egg and lemon emulsion rather than cream. Sharp, restorative…
Greek meatballs bound with bread soaked in wine, scented with mint and oregano, and fried until dark. Eaten hot with…
Semolina custard baked between layers of filo and drenched in cold syrup the moment it leaves the oven. The…
Vine leaves rolled around rice, herbs, onion and pine nuts, packed tight in a pot and simmered under a plate with…
A slab of hard sheep's cheese floured and fried until the outside is a crust and the inside is molten, hit with…
White beans simmered with carrot, celery and tomato in a great deal of olive oil. Often called the national dish of…
Chicken thigh marinated in yoghurt, lemon and oregano, then grilled hard until the edges char. The yoghurt does the…
Halloumi griddled until it blisters, over a salad of herbs, cucumber and tomato with lemon and olive oil —…
Gemista, the Greek summer dish: peppers roasted before they are filled, so they are sweet and collapsing rather than…
Halloumi griddled until it squeaks and blisters, wrapped with a lemony slaw and a garlic yoghurt. Twenty minutes…
Lamb shoulder sealed in parchment with lemon, oregano and potatoes and cooked three and a half hours. The parcel is…
Feta and egg between layers of filo, baked until the top shatters. Cut it before it goes in the oven, not after.
Beef baked with orzo in a cinnamon-scented tomato sauce until the pasta has drunk the lot. One dish, ninety minutes.
Chicken thighs, potatoes, lemon and oregano in one tin for forty-five minutes. The tin does the work.