For 4 servings 2 eggs ½ cup milk 1 scant teaspoon cinnamon powder, plus extra for garnish 3 – 4 tablespoons butter 12 slices leftover, somewhat stale tsoureki (Greek Easter bread) Confectioner’s sugar and / or Greek honey for garnish Whisk the egg, milk, and cinnamon together in a wide, shallow bowl....
Tsoureki is the Greek Easter bread and it’s very similar to challah except it’s sweeter. But it goes stale fast. Here’s a wonderful way to serve up a delicious, elegant dessert if you have a loaf leftover. For 6 servings ½ kilo / 1 pound leftover tsoureki (Greek Easter bread) 3 large eggs,...
Sefoukloti is a transliteration of the local Naxos pronunciation for “seskoula,” Greek for chard. This is one of the most unusual Greek recipes, a greens pie drizzled with honey. 8 servings 1 kilo (2 lbs.) chard (you can use spinach if you can’t find) 1 large bunch fennel 1 bunch fresh mint or myronia...
Yield: 4 dozen Shapes: buttons, about 1 ½ in./ 4 cm in diameter; small oblong fingers, about 2 in./ 5 cm long; hearts; diamonds; crescents 8 oz./ 228 g blanched almonds 8 oz. / 225 g unsalted butter, at room temperature 2 large egg yolks 15 oz. / 440 g Confectioner’s sugar 1 tsp....
About 30 pieces 1 pound/500 g. very good quality unsalted butter (preferably sheep’s-milk butter) 2/3 cup extra-virgin Greek olive oil 10 cups coarsely chopped walnuts or blanched almonds, or a mixture of both 3 cups zwieback or other unsweetened biscuit crumbs, such as Greek frigania or Melba toasts 2 pounds/1 kilo commercial phyllo...
Makes 125 to 130 Pieces 3 cups extra virgin Greek olive oil 1 cup sugar, plus 1 teaspoon 1 cup water ½ cup orange juice 1 tablespoon soda 9 cups all-purpose flour For the Syrup 2 cups Greek honey 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1 cinnamon stick Juice and 1 strip of zest...
Visit us on the Blue Zone island Ikaria, where people have the longest life spans in the world, for a week of glorious Greek cooking classes in an ancient Greek-island village.
