You see them on the shelves of your grocery store. You see them in the discount bin, you have them in your cellar (a whole case), just in case Armegeddon arrives. You can now have them included in your recipe box. My first experiment with sardine tins came in the fall of 2007 and I [...]
Today I’m revisiting a post I made about Skordalia, which is a Greek garlic sauce or Aioli. Us Greeks commonly have it along side with beer battered cod, seafood croquettes, deep fried zucchini or eggplant, fries or…simply with bread. There are various ways to make skordalia. One way is to use potato as the binder [...]
Greeks are big on dips and today’s particular dip is called Skordalia. Skordo means garlic, so Skordalia is simply garlic sauce or an Aioli. Skordalia can be often served to accompany thinly sliced deep-fried zucchini, fried salt-cod filets or as dip with veggies or fries. There are many varying recipes for Skordalia using a different [...]
This meze/appetizer was the product of my search to make chick peas tastier, afterall they are bland as a solo act. However, add that chick pea to the symphony of Mediterranean ingredients and you will liken it to the tuba…the requisite “bottom end” of the spectrum. I was also inspired by Alysha from the Savory [...]
Here’s another Greek word that will have you tongue-tied…say Htipiti. It’s pronounced “Huh’Tee-Pee-Tee” (say it quickly) and in Greece it’s also known as Tirokafteri or Kopanisti. Whichever way you call it, some hot peppers are used in this spicy dip. I like heat but I don’t want my head blown off. I want the heat [...]
I’ve been reading Katerina’s blog and her experiences with seafood and in particular searing fish and coincidentally I also watched an episode of Tyler’s Ultimate where he tackled the ultimate salmon. I follow his method to-a-T but I altered his Dill Creme Fraiche recipe…let’s go see! I substituted creme fraiche with left over strained yogurt [...]
