Dough
Mar 1st, 2011 |
By Peter Minakis
This week in the Orthodox calendar is what us Greeks call Cheesefare Week, the last week before the Great Lent begins next week. Traditionally, no meat is eaten but everyone can go bonkers with dairy and cheese. I thought this recipe to be ideal for Cheesefare as it features two of Greece’s most well-know cheeses: [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Baking, Bread, Cheese, Dough, Featured, Flour, Greek, Herbs, Olive Oil |
36 comments
Dec 13th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis
When I came back from vacation in mid-September I was already reminiscing about the places I had visited and the smells, sights and aromas at many homes and at eateries. I stayed in northern Greece and traveled to the southernmost point in Greece, the island of Crete. I also took a three day side trip [...]
Posted in Baking, Dough, Featured, Flour, Review, Talk Toronto, Turkish |
15 comments
Dec 12th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis
Greeks like to have an array of sweets, cookies, appetizers out for offering to the revolving door guests during the Christmas holidays. I’ve already shown you Kourabiedes and now you get to see the other standard offering, Melomakarona. I’m sure you can read the ingredients list but here are the flavour tags for this simple [...]
Posted in Baking, Christmas, Dough, Featured, Flour, Greek, Greek Traditions, Honey, How To, Nuts, Olive Oil, Sweets, Syrup |
45 comments
Dec 10th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis
I came up with this recipe after having an epiphany that I must once again have and enjoy the flavour combo of walnuts and figs [...]
Posted in Baking, Coffee, Cookies, Dough, Eggs, Featured, Festive, figs, Flour, Fruit, Greek, Nuts, Ouzo, Snacks, Spices |
20 comments
Nov 19th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis
I’ve been raving alot about making homemade bread and it all started when I bought the book Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes. I had an utter fear of making bread but it is fear of the unknown that breeds more fear. Plenty of practice, getting a feel for the dough and one will find their [...]
Posted in Baking, Bread, Dough, Featured, Flour, How To, Recipes, Yeast |
29 comments
Oct 26th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis
This past summer while in Greece we had a little thing goin’ on with friends: bring some leftovers to the beach so that we could [...]
Posted in Appetizer, Baking, Cheese, Dough, Featured, Greek, Meze, Olive Oil, Snacks |
23 comments
Oct 21st, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis
It must be two years since I began to make and bake my own bread at home. I haven’t made anything too adventurous – crusty loaves of bread, pizza dough, pita bread, Koulouria. I’d like to make a good loaf for sandwich bread and that’s a project in the near future. In the meantime, I [...]
Posted in Baking, Bread, Dough, Featured, Flour, Gadgets, How To, Recipes, Yeast |
32 comments
Oct 11th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis
This past summer (both in Canada and Greece), I found myself experimenting with different pizza dough recipes. I was looking for something easy, great tasting, [...]
Posted in Baking, Cheese, Dough, Featured, How To, Italian, Main, Recipes, Snacks, Yeast |
29 comments
Mar 30th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis
One of the ways to cope with fasting for Lent is snacking and quite often, I’m left with the constant desire for sweets during this challenging time. No dairy, no eggs makes eating desserts almost impossible. Almost. Enter this easy Lenten treat that’s inspired by the Tahinopites of Cyprus. Close family friend and Cypriot-born Helen [...]
Posted in Baking, Cypriot, Dessert, Dough, Featured, Greek, Lent, Spices, Sugar |
31 comments
Feb 15th, 2010 |
By Peter Minakis
Lagana is very reminiscent of foccacia, another flat bread. The Lagana is a bread that’s tradionally baked for consumption on the first day of Greek Lent, Clean Monday.The Lagana is very easy to make and if you mix a batch of dough this evening or start tomorrow evening, you can have home-baked Langana for Kathera [...]
Posted in Baking, Bread, Dough, Greek, Lent |
28 comments