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5 February 2020
Everyone loves a good burger, and all the better when it's a Greek recipe for a vegetarian burger that doesn't call for anything processed. That's often an issue with so much vegetarian and vegan cuisine. Here, the ancient Santorini yellow split pea, aka fava, is the plant protein of choice, decked out with caramelized onions, sun-dried tomato paste and ...
13 December 2015
Here's a spruced up version of Greek country dish--fava, or yellow split peas--served as a soup, with truffle oil and a bit of Greek cured pork. I like to serve this in the winter. Vegans and vegetarians: Skip the pork and make this dish your own!
10 October 2011
No other ingredient in the Greek larder affords the breadth of possibilities that fava does. Fava, to a Greek, is a bean puree. Its name refers to the end result—the mashed beans—and has nothing to do with what Americans and Italians know as fava, the broad bean. In Greece, most fava is prepared with yellow split peas. It is ...
2 June 2023
This Greek recipe for fresh pea fava with ouzo and feta on toast is fun and nutritious, and it takes its inspiration from classic Greek fava, the yellow split pea puree that’s a favorite Greek meze. Mashed fresh peas taste so grassy and lively and their green color, enhanced with health-giving Greek extra virgin olive oil, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh ...
1 September 2021
This Greek recipe for a great vegetarian sandwich with braised mushrooms takes its cue from a classic Greek dish called manitaria stifado, or stewed mushrooms. I often serve that over a velvety bed of Greek fava, the classic yellow split-pea puree. Here, I’ve turned the combo into a sandwich befitting of the best that the Mediterranean diet has to ...
1 September 2021
This Greek recipe for fava, the classic Greek yellow-split-pea spread, has a little Greek yogurt to it for extra flavor and creamy texture. The Greek-yogurt-fava combo makes a great sandwich spread and a great dip. I like to make it a bit exotic by adding some mastiha and a touch of the super food turmeric. Extra virgin Greek olive ...
1 April 2021
The Greek recipe Fava is one of the all-time classic Greek meze plates, most often made with yellow split peas cooked until they disintegrate into a puree then swirled to creamy perfection with extra virgin Greek olive oil and lemon juice. It’s a Mediterranean diet standard bearer! There are a few regional fava recipes, for green split pea puree ...
19 November 2020
I take special pride in creating Greek recipes from basic ingredients and doctoring them up into something a little more fanciful. In that light, Greek fava, aka yellow split peas, is about as basic and ancient an ingredient one can find in the Eastern Mediterranean and a key component of the Mediterranean Diet. Gussied up with a drizzling of ...
5 February 2020
The classic Greek recipe for soutzoukakia Smyrneika, or Smyrna-style spicy meat sausages, is the inspiration for this vegan rendition, seasoned the same way but calling for plant protein in the form of ancient fava, one of the timeless, plant-based foods of sustenance from the Greek island of Santorini.
5 February 2020
Throughout the Aegean islands there are recipes for stuffed grape leaves that go beyond the classic rice-and-herb or rice-and-meat filling. Bean and vegetable stuffings are not uncommon. In this Greek recipe with a twist, the famed yellow split pea, aka fava, gets a wrap!Recipe developed for campaign "Santorini Volcanic Terroir" www.santorinivolcanicterroir.eu
