8 Greek Spinach Recipes

 Spinach is very popular in Greece - especially in pies. Fresh spinach is used and is an integral part of the healthy Greek diet. Check out the recipes here.

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Greek Asparagus Fritters - Sparagokeftedes

 These Asparagus Fritters really are a delightful, light and healthy snack or side dish! They are very simple to make too. Wonderful when accompanied by a dip (see photo). We're sure that you'll enjoy these!

Ingredients

½ kg fresh asparagus

3 tbsp. zucchini (courgette) grated, drained and well-squeezed (to remove excess liquid)

3 tbsp. grated cheese – preferably Kefalograviera or Pecorino

3 tbsp. spring onions finely chopped

2 tbsp. wild fennel finely chopped

1 tsp. fresh mint finely chopped

3 tbsp. rusks finely crumbled

2 tbsp. all-purpose flour

2 eggs

2 tbsp. olive oil

300 ml sunflower oil

Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Rinse the asparagus, keep the soft parts and finely chop these.

Put the olive oil in a saucepan and gently fry the spring onions for 3 minutes.

Remove from the heat, add all the other ingredients (apart from the sunflower oil) and mix well.

Heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan.

When the oil is hot, take 1 tbsp. of the mixture at a time and with the help of another tbsp. form into a fritter shape and deep fry.

Remove the fritters from the oil and place on a dish with absorbent paper.

Serve warm or cold. 

Eat and Enjoy!

 

How to Make Greek Tzatziki - Video

Greek Tzatziki - A delicious side dish and dip and very simple to make. For recipe go here.

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55 Popular Greek Vegetarian Recipes

Greek cuisine has some wonderful vegetarian dishes - just wonderful! So we've put together a list here with 55 popular ones. Just click on the links to go the recipes. 

Main Dishes

Artichokes a la Polita

Briam

Chickpeas with Spinach

Chickpea Balls with Bulgur

Eggplant Papoutsakia


Eggplants with Tomato Sauce and Feta in the Oven 
 
Fasolakia (Fresh Green Beans)

Gemista (Stuffed Vegetables) 


Imam Bayildi

Lahanorizo (Cabbage and Rice)

Leek Rice (Prassorizo)

Pinto Beans (Handres) in the Oven
 


Pinto Beans (Handres) with Chard (Seskoula)

Spanakorizo (Spinach Rice)

Vegetarian Moussaka

Vegetarian Pastichio
 

Side Dishes and Dips

Beetroot with Garlic Sauce (Skordalia)

Boorekakia (Eggplant Rolls)

Bouyourdi 

Butter Beans Plaki (Gigantes)

Dolmades (Stuffed Grape Leaves)

Eggplant Dip (Melitzanosalata)

Eggplant Dip with Mastic and Walnuts

Eggplant Fritters (Melitzanokeftedes)

Fava

Leek and Cheese Rolls (Prasoboorekakia)

Peppers with Feta Cheese and Tomato Sauce
 
Spinach Patties

Stuffed Green Peppers with Feta Cheese

Tirokafteri (Spicy Cheese Dip)

Tomato Fritters (Domatokeftedes)

Toursi (Pickles) 

Tzatziki 

Zucchini Fritters (Kolokithopita)




 
Soups

Bean Soup (Fasolada)

Chickpea Soup (Revithia)

Lentil Soup (Fakkes)

Pies

Artichoke Pie (Agginaropita)

Cheese Bread (Tiropsomo)

Cheese Pie (Tiropita)

Cheese Pies (Small)

Cheese Pies with Balsamic Vinegar

Cheese Pie with Feta and Bechamel

Cheese Pies with Yoghurt Dough

Cheese Roll (Tirobooreki)

Eggplant Pie (Melitzanopita)

Leek Pie

Potato Pie (Patatopita)

Skaltsounia

Spinach Pie

Spinach Pie (Round)

Spinach Pie with Pine Nuts

Breads

 Olive Bread

 Olive Pitta Bread

Peinirli

Perfect Greek Summer Day

The perfect Greek summer day - early morning swim (7.30) and then Gemista for lunch, stuffed tomatoes, peppers, eggplants & marrows with potatoes. Accompanied by Feta cheese and eggplant dip (melitzanosalata). 

Here you can see Maria with the Gemista just after they came out of the oven.

Wish you were here!! 

If you want the recipe for Gemista, you'll find it here. 

Imam Bayildi Recipe

This is an easy recipe for Imam Bayildi - a Turkish dish, which has for a long time also been part of Greek cuisine. You need to use the long eggplants, not the round ones, and if you can get the striped eggplants, they are even better.

Ingredients

1 kg eggplants (long ones, not round. Preferably the striped variety.)

5 medium onions finely sliced

3 garlic cloves finely chopped

1 kg fresh, ripe tomatoes grated

4 tbsp parsley finely chopped

500ml sunflower oil

1 tsp sugar

Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Remove the stems from the eggplants and deeply score each one 3 times lengthwise, spacing the scores equidistantly around the eggplant.

Place the eggplants in salted water with enough water to cover them completely and leave for an hour.

Mix the onions, garlic and parsley in a bowl.

Squeeze the eggplants to drain the water and then spread a tsp of the mixture in each of the scores.

Put the oil in a deep pan to heat and then deep fry the eggplants a few at a time.

Put the fried eggplants in a shallow oven dish.

Mix the tsp sugar with the grated tomatoes and spread over the eggplants.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Cover with aluminium foil and put in a preheated moderate oven for approx. 30 minutes.

If you've tried this recipe, please rate it!

Eat and Enjoy!