Grill whole sardines for 3 minutes per side with garlic, lemon zest, and Greek oregano. A quick seafood plate for four, ready in 45 minutes.
Greek Island Recipes / Holiday Recipes / Mediterranean Desserts
Soft Baked Chios Mastic Cookies with Powdered Sugar
Bake soft mastic butter cookies with ground Chios mastic and a powdered sugar coat. Makes 24 cookies in 75 minutes, with dough you can chill ahead.
Easy Mediterranean Dinners / Greek Island Recipes / One Pan Dish
Pan-Fried Cretan Apaki: Smoked Pork with Sweet Peppers
Pan-fry thin slices of smoked apaki until crisp, then toss with sweet peppers and red wine vinegar. A salty, smoky skillet dish in 30 minutes.
Greek Island Recipes / Mediterranean Desserts
Melekouni: Rhodes Honey and Sesame Bars with Orange
Toast sesame, simmer honey to 120 C / 248 F, and press into melekouni, the crunchy Rhodes bars with orange zest. Ready in under an hour, keeps 10 to 14 days.
Breads, Pies & Pastries / Greek Island Recipes / Vegetarian
Baked Tinos Artichoke and Feta Pie with Crisp Phyllo
Bake a Tinos artichoke and feta pie with crisp phyllo, dill and lemon. About 95 minutes, and the leftovers reheat well the next day.
Breads, Pies & Pastries / Greek Island Recipes / Vegetarian
Baked Cretan Kalitsounia with Honey and Mizithra Cheese
Bake Cretan kalitsounia with soft mizithra, honey and mint in an olive oil dough. Makes 16 pastries with a golden crust and a creamy center.
Greek Island Recipes / Vegetarian
Ikarian Soufiko Vegetable Stew with Potatoes and Zucchini
Simmer potatoes, zucchini, eggplant and peppers in olive oil and fresh tomato for an Ikarian soufiko, a vegan Greek stew ready in about 85 minutes.
Greek Island Recipes / Mezze & Appetizers / Salads & Vegetable Dishes
Pan-Fried Skordostoumbi: Zakynthian Garlic Aubergines
Pan-fry aubergine slices, then simmer them in tomato with 8 garlic cloves and a splash of vinegar. Skordostoumbi tastes even better the next day.
Greek Island Recipes
Sifnos Lamb Mastelo: Slow-Braised in Red Wine and Dill
Slow-braise lamb shoulder with red wine, onions and dill in a Dutch oven. This Sifnos-style mastelo pulls off the bone with a fork.
Breads, Pies & Pastries / Greek Island Recipes / Vegetarian
Cretan Sfakianopita: Pan-Fried Cheese Pie with Honey
Pan-fry Cretan sfakianopita: thin olive oil dough folded around fresh myzithra, finished with thyme honey. Makes 6 pies in about 70 minutes.