Chicken Vinsanto
This dish could be made on a weeknight or weekend, packs lots of flavour with mushrooms, herbs, stock and the wine.
Best Dishes of 2021
Happy New Year! The year (2021) is in the past and I am sure many of you are happy that a new year is upon us. The end of the year is a time for reflection and I recently took a look at my posts/recipes of 2021 and here are some of the dishes that […]
My YiaYia’s Meat Sauce
My yiayia would call them “petaloudes” aka butterflies.
Garlic Shrimp & Calamari on Fava
A couple of years ago, during one of my Supper Clubs, I served pan-seared calamari on a bed of fava. In Greek cookery, fava refers to a puree made from yellow split peas. My friends at BuyGreek.shop sell an excellent fava product that cooks quickly, possesses a gorgeous yellow colour and most importantly, they taste […]
Pumpkin Risotto with Bacon
For those who live in/around Toronto and you’re familiar with the local food scene, you’d have to be living under a rock if you haven’t heard of Chef Mark McEwan. He was the youngest executive Chef at the Sutton Place Hotel, his company runs a series of upscale restaurants, a gourmet supermarket, catering services and […]
Rooster Braised in Wine with Trahana
The French have “Coq au Vin” and us Greeks have “Kokkoros Krasato”. Both dishes are are alike as a rooster gets braised in wine (among other things) but the flavour profile is different. It’s best to not confuse the two dishes. So how does a rooster end up in the kitchen pot and ultimately on […]
Chicken Giouvetsi
Original post appeared on my blog on July 2008. Although I’ve made this dish several times since then, I was overdue to update the post (and photos). Since then, sheet pan and one pot meals have become very popular – us Greeks have been doing this for ages! Greek cooking is filled with dishes that […]
Grilled Lobster Tails with Tarama Butter Sauce
Lobster is a splurge to enjoy, while not out of reach one still has pick and choose when to cook it. Others are intimidated by cooking whole live lobster or they can’t bother with the trouble to crack the the meat out of the shell. Enter the lobster tail, while a frozen product it is […]
Round-Up of Halloumi Recipes
Recently, Halloumi cheese earned it’s place in the culinary world as a PDO protect – Protected Designation of Product. This means that only Halloumi made on the island of Cyprus can be stamped with this status. A testament to the Cyprus’ unique method of making this popular cheese. Sure, there will be mock Halloumi cheese […]
Gnudi With Tomato Basil Sauce
Have you heard of Gnocchi? Those are potato pasta (dumplings) that are easy to make, light and pillowy. Well, there’s also Gnudi, which are Ricotta cheese-based Gnocchi and also easy to make, If you follow my tips below: Buy quality ricotta cheese and strain the excess water overnight Use cold fine grated cheese cold egg […]