4 Greek Recipes With Artichokes

Artichokes are one of my favourite vegetables and are very popular in Greece. Here are four Greek recipes with them. Just click on the names to go to the recipes.

ARTICHOKE PIE

A tasty and healthy pie. This can be served as a side dish, as part of a buffet or as a delicious snack.

ARTICHOKES A LA POLITA

This is a nice light and healthy meal, which is fairly quick and simple to prepare. It's called "a la Polita" as it came originally from the Greeks living in the"Poli" as they called - and still do call - Constantinoupolis.

 FRESH BROAD BEANS WITH ARTICHOKES

This dish is ideally served with Greek strained yoghurt (see photo).

ARTICHOKES WITH FRESH PEAS
 

Another nutritious dish, easily prepared.

Eat and Enjoy!

 

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Greek Cod (Bakaliaros) With Garlic Sauce (Skordalia)

This fish dish is normally accompanied by garlic sauce (skordalia) and beetroot. What you see in the photo may look like mashed potatoes, but is the skordalia. The photo shows the fish called galeos, but this is most likely unobtainable abroad, so as it belongs to the cod family, we have given the recipe using cod below. It is very easy to prepare and is similar to fish croquettes.

To make the skordalia and beetroot, please go to a previous post here which gives the recipe.

Ingredients

1 kg fresh cod

4 tablespoons flour

300 ml sunflower oil

Salt to taste

Preparation

Cut the cod into slices approx. 3cm wide.

Remove the central bone, fold open the remaining flesh and cut it in half.

Salt each of the pieces and sprinkle flour on them.

Deep fry in hot oil for 4 minutes approx.

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Greek Gavros (Whiting) Mezes

This is a simple Greek meze, usually accompanied by the Greek drink ouzo. A meze is a kind of hors d'œuvre eaten in Greece, accompanied by ouzo, retsina or beer. The fish gavros (whiting) is very popular in Greece. This meze can also be a side dish at a meal or as part of a buffet.

Ingredients

½ kg whiting

3 tablespoons all purpose flour

3 tablespoons finely chopped parsley

1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic

200 ml sunflower oil

Preparation

Remove and discard the head, entrails and spine of the whiting. When you remove the spine, fold open the fillet but making sure that it is joined the in the middle after removing the spine.

Drain the fillets and salt them.

Make ‘sandwiches’ with the fillets – placing one on top of another, with the inside part in the middle.

Place a layer of parsley and garlic in the middle of each of the fillet ‘sandwiches’ and then carefully sprinkle flour on the outside.

Put the oil in a pan and heat until it is very hot.

Carefully place the fillets in the oil and fry each side for about 3–4 minutes. The combination of the oil and the flour will ensure that both sides of the fillet will stick to each other.


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5 Greek Lamb Recipes

Easter has just passed and it is traditional to roast lamb on the spit at this time, but here are 5 other lamb recipes which are popular all the year round. Just click on the names to go to the recipes.

Lamb Kleftiko

This is a delicious dish and is extremely popular.

Lamb Ribs On Vine Stalks

This is a traditional way of preparing lamb ribs using the stalks from vines as a kind of grill. The ribs take the aroma and flavour from the vine stalks. Also, instead of using normal brushes to apply the juice, bunches of dried oregano are used, which again adds another subtle flavour to the ribs. They can be eaten with pilau rice or salad.

Lamb With Yoghurt Sauce

This dish is usually served on festive occasions as it is considered 'special'. The yoghurt sauce with Greek strained yoghurt makes it especially delicious. Greek yoghurt is now sold in most parts of the world, so you should be able to obtain it.

Lamb Youvetsi

This is a popular dish in Greece and quite easy to prepare. It is usually made with lamb, but you can use other meat if you so prefer. You should be able to obtain Greek 'kritharaki' pasta where you live, as it is exported all over the world.

Roast Lamb With Potatoes And Feta Cheese

Roast lamb with potatoes is rather a common dish, but this is a way that it is prepared often in the villages here. The difference being the inclusion of feta cheese and also the fact that the whole potatoes are crushed (but not split) before they are put in the oven. Try it!

Eat and Enjoy!