Fresh salads, grilled meat and seafood, crisp pies and wonderful mezze. Eating Greek is like going on a vicarious summer holiday. Here are my favourite Greek recipes.
Janni’s Orzo with Green Onion Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class inspired by Janni Kyritsis! Orzo is the Italian word for barley and also the name Greeks often use for the small, grain-shaped pasta that Italians call risoni (meaning rice). So I guess one man’s rice is another man’s barley. Orzo […]
Prawn Saganaki Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class! Prawn saganaki, or garides me Feta as it’s sometimes called in Greek, is a popular taverna dish in seafood-loving Greece. The saganaki is a two-handled copper baking dish in which the prawns are often cooked and served. It also gives its name to […]
Tzatziki Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class inspired by Janni Kyritsis! Yoghurt is served with just about everything in Greece and throughout the eastern Mediterranean – plain, drained as labne, or mixed with garlic and often cucumber. This combination is perhaps best known by its Greek name tzatziki, while the Turks […]
Spinach and Cheese Triangles Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class Inspired by Janni Kyritsis! Filo pastry forms a delicious case for all sorts of fillings, meat and vegetable alike. Use my spinach and cheese triangles recipe as a starting point for your own creations – combine ricotta, haloumi, akawi or any […]
Spatchcock with Lemon, Garlic & Olives Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class Inspired by Janni Kyritsis! This spatchcock with lemon, garlic & olives is inspired by the way my friend Janni prepares his classic Greek slow-cooked lamb. The cooking isn’t as long and slow, but the same flavours – lemon, olives, […]
Salmon al Cartoccio Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class Inspired by Janni Kyritsis! This salmon al cartoccio (or sto harti in Greek) is inspired by the classic Greek slow-cooked lamb as taught to me by my friend Janni Kyritsis. The low-slow cooking in a parcel gives a wonderfully delicate result, the […]
Cucumber, Tomato & Feta Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class Inspired by Janni Kyritsis! I love the salty tang of Feta-style cheese, especially combined with cooling cucumber. Traditional Greek Feta is made from sheep milk, sometimes with a little goat milk added; it has PDO status, meaning only cheese produced […]
Skordalia Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class Inspired by Janni Kyritsis! Skordalia, Greece’s famous garlicky white dip, is sometimes made with bread as the thickening agent, sometimes with ground almond and sometimes potato. I love chef Janni Kyritsis’ version using both bread and almond as it gives a lovely rich flavour. […]
Open Filo Sandwich with Anchovy Sauce Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class Inspired by Janni Kyritsis! This simple filo pastry recipe is inspired by one of my favourite starters from Janni Kyritsis at MG Garage (see the video below for another of Janni’s filo classics). I love the way he pressed […]
Olive, Feta or Anchovy Filo Fingers Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class Inspired by Janni Kyritsis! Just about everything I’ve ever cooked has been inspired by something I’ve eaten before and these filo fingers are no exception. My friend Janni usually whips up phyllo fingers to serve with drinks when friends […]
