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Horiatiki Greek Salad — Greek healthy recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
15m
Cook
0m
Serves
4
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Healthy

Horiatiki Greek Salad

A real horiatiki has no lettuce in it: just tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, onion, olives and a slab of feta, dressed…

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Pistachio Baklava — Greek desserts recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
40m
Cook
50m
Serves
24
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Desserts

Pistachio Baklava

Thirty layers of filo, three layers of spiced pistachio and walnut, and a citrus syrup poured over at exactly the…

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Chicken Souvlaki — Greek dinner recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Chicken Souvlaki

Lemon, oregano and olive oil is all a good souvlaki marinade needs. Grill it hard so the edges char, then pile into…

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Tzatziki — Greek appetizers recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
15m
Cook
0m
Serves
6
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Appetizers

Tzatziki

Thick strained yogurt, grated cucumber squeezed dry, garlic, dill and good olive oil. Made properly it is dense…

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Greek Lemon Potatoes — Greek dinner recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
15m
Cook
70m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Greek Lemon Potatoes

Potatoes roasted in a pool of lemon juice, olive oil and stock until the liquid has gone and what is left is a…

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Pork Gyros — Greek lunch recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
25m
Cook
30m
Serves
4
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Lunch

Pork Gyros

Marinated pork shaved off a home-built stack, wrapped in pita with tzatziki, tomato, onion and — this is not…

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Moussaka — Greek dinner recipe, served and ready to eat
GreekEditor’s Pick
Prep
40m
Cook
75m
Serves
8
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Dinner

Moussaka

Layers of roasted aubergine, spiced lamb ragù and a thick béchamel enriched with egg yolks and kefalotyri, baked…

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Spanakopita — Greek appetizers recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
30m
Cook
45m
Serves
8
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Appetizers

Spanakopita

Spinach and feta between shattering layers of filo, brushed generously with olive oil and butter. The trick is…

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Greek Yoghurt with Honey and Walnuts — Greek breakfast recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
5m
Cook
5m
Serves
2
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Breakfast

Greek Yoghurt with Honey and Walnuts

Thick strained yoghurt with thyme honey poured over and toasted walnuts on top. Three ingredients, and the quality…

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Pastitsio — Greek dinner recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
35m
Cook
60m
Serves
8
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Dinner

Pastitsio

Greek baked pasta: tubes of bucatini standing on end under spiced lamb and a thick béchamel set with egg and cheese…

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Loukoumades — Greek desserts recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
25m
Cook
20m
Serves
6
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Desserts

Loukoumades

Yeasted dough balls fried until hollow and crisp, soaked in honey syrup and dusted with cinnamon and walnuts…

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Avgolemono Soup — Greek healthy recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
10m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Healthy

Avgolemono Soup

A silky Greek chicken and rice soup thickened with an egg and lemon emulsion rather than cream. Sharp, restorative…

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Greek Keftedes — Greek appetizers recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Appetizers

Greek Keftedes

Greek meatballs bound with bread soaked in wine, scented with mint and oregano, and fried until dark. Eaten hot with…

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Galaktoboureko — Greek desserts recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
30m
Cook
50m
Serves
12
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Desserts

Galaktoboureko

Semolina custard baked between layers of filo and drenched in cold syrup the moment it leaves the oven. The…

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Dolmades — Greek appetizers recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
45m
Cook
45m
Serves
8
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Appetizers

Dolmades

Vine leaves rolled around rice, herbs, onion and pine nuts, packed tight in a pot and simmered under a plate with…

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Saganaki — Greek appetizers recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
5m
Cook
8m
Serves
2
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Appetizers

Saganaki

A slab of hard sheep's cheese floured and fried until the outside is a crust and the inside is molten, hit with…

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Fasolada — Greek healthy recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
15m
Cook
75m
Serves
6
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Healthy

Fasolada

White beans simmered with carrot, celery and tomato in a great deal of olive oil. Often called the national dish of…

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Yoghurt-Marinated Chicken Skewers — Greek dinner recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Yoghurt-Marinated Chicken Skewers

Chicken thigh marinated in yoghurt, lemon and oregano, then grilled hard until the edges char. The yoghurt does the…

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Grilled Halloumi and Herb Salad — Greek lunch recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
12m
Cook
8m
Serves
2
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Lunch

Grilled Halloumi and Herb Salad

Halloumi griddled until it blisters, over a salad of herbs, cucumber and tomato with lemon and olive oil —…

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Greek Stuffed Peppers — Greek healthy recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
25m
Cook
50m
Serves
6
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Healthy

Greek Stuffed Peppers

Gemista, the Greek summer dish: peppers roasted before they are filled, so they are sweet and collapsing rather than…

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Grilled Halloumi Wrap — Greek quick meals recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
12m
Cook
8m
Serves
4
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Quick Meals

Grilled Halloumi Wrap

Halloumi griddled until it squeaks and blisters, wrapped with a lemony slaw and a garlic yoghurt. Twenty minutes…

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Lamb Kleftiko — Greek dinner recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
25m
Cook
210m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Lamb Kleftiko

Lamb shoulder sealed in parchment with lemon, oregano and potatoes and cooked three and a half hours. The parcel is…

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Tiropita — Greek appetizers recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
25m
Cook
40m
Serves
8
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Appetizers

Tiropita

Feta and egg between layers of filo, baked until the top shatters. Cut it before it goes in the oven, not after.

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Youvetsi — Greek dinner recipe, served and ready to eat
Greek
Prep
20m
Cook
90m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Youvetsi

Beef baked with orzo in a cinnamon-scented tomato sauce until the pasta has drunk the lot. One dish, ninety minutes.

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Greek
Prep
20m
Cook
45m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Greek Chicken Traybake

Chicken thighs, potatoes, lemon and oregano in one tin for forty-five minutes. The tin does the work.

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