Greek Cypriot recipes and other family food inspirations
The ricotta and fig jam phyllo cups are a great individual dessert. There are so many textures in a biteful! The crispy phyllo is complimented well with the creamy ricotta but also the crunchiness of the almonds and the fig jam that is stirred through. …
Stop what you are doing! Go get the ingredients for this no churn rose cordial ice cream and make it! You will be forever hooked on this simple process with the creamiest ever result and an ice cream that is as good, if not better …
This lamb kleftiko tray bake is one that my family makes the most when we get together! Super easy to make as you just simply mix all the ingredients together and then voila! 3.5 hours later you have the tenderest and tastiest meal ever. The …
Package vs homemade trahana Hands down this creamy trahana soup with chicken tastes amazing and even more so because it is made with homemade trahana. You can find the recipe for that here. The recipe can be adapted using trahana from a package but I …
Do you want to make trahana from scratch? Easy!! Read along as I answer as many questions as you may have in relation to the process. If you still have questions please leave a comment or email me 🙂 Trahana is a type of sour …
“Pikla” is a Cypriot type of pickle, which includes fermented vegetables in a mustard based sauce. Typically the three vegetables included in the “pikla” are: cauliflower, carrot and celery. It is a type of mezze that is served with a lot of food including souvlakia, …
Cypriot tomatoes with eggs scrambled (ntomates me avga) is a popular summer dish called pomilorotigania. Kagianas aka strapatsada is what the Greeks call their version. Us Cypriots decide to go with the longer word that I’m pretty sure has Italian roots as “pomodoro” means tomato …
Ok so you saw it here first! A delicious jenga tower made up of large chunks of watermelon and halloumi! I could have easily just presented you this idea using watermelon and halloumi slices on a plate but that wouldn’t be as much fun right? …
