Greek Recipes

• Village Salad/Country Salad (generally known outside of Greece and Cyprus as "Greek Salad") - This is a salad based on tomato, cucumber, bell peppers and red onion (lettuce is rarely used). The salad is seasoned with salt, black pepper and oregano, and dressed with olive oil. Additionally, feta cheese, olives and capers are sometimes added.
  
  
  
• Pita bread - A flat bread prepared using wheat flour and yeast, but prepared without being allowed to rise.
  
  
• Greek dips - A variety of dips are commonly served with Pita bread, either as a starter or as a side dish. These include Hummus (chickpea dip), Melitzanosalata (eggplant dip), Skordalia (garlic sauce dip), Tahini (sesame paste dip), Taramosalata (carp roe dip) and Tzatziki (yogurt, cucumber and garlic dip).
  
  
• Keftedes - Fried meatballs with oregon and mint.
  
  
• Dolmades - A memorable dish, made with grapevine leaves stuffed with rice, vegetables and sometimes meat.
  
  
• Kleftiko - Lamb marinated in garlic and lemon, and then slowly baked on the bone in a pit oven. The name of this dish is derived from "Klepht" which refers to bandits and warlike mountain people who lived in the Greek countryside when Greece was part of the Ottomon Empire - most of whom participated in the Greek War of Independence. The word "Kleftiko" can be translated as "stolen meat" or the the "meat of thieves".
  
  
• Stifado - A beef and onion stew, flavoured with red wine and cinnamon.
  
  
  
• Moussaka - Perhaps the best-known Greek dish (outside of the Greece), moussaka is a baked dish consisting of layers of minced meat and sliced eggplant and tomato, topped with white sauce and baked.
  
  
• Souvlaki - Meat, fish or shrimp grilled on a skewer.
  
  
  
• Baklava - a sweet pastry made from layers of phyllo dough, with chopped nuts and sweetened with sugar or honey.

• Greek Recipes & Cookbooks
  
  
• Recipes and Cookbooks

Greek Cooking: The Classic Recipes Of Greece Made Simple - 70 Authentic Traditional Dishes From The Heart Of The Mediterranean Shown Step-By-Step In 280 Glorious Photographs By Rena Salaman Southwater Paperback (96 pages) List Price: $14.99* Lowest New Price: $12.38* Lowest Used Price: $10.99* *(As of 20:47 Pacific 8 Feb 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Recipes range from appetizers, soups, fish and shellfish, poultry and meat; through vegetarian dishes, side dishes and salads; to desserts, cakes, sweets, pastries, cookies and breads.

Greek Cooking - Traditional Recipes (Ekdotike Athenon Travel Guides) By T. Tolis Ekdotike Athenon Paperback (192 pages) List Price: $29.95* Lowest New Price: $9.45* Lowest Used Price: $3.27* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 20:47 Pacific 8 Feb 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Since prehistoric times, the sun-blessed Greek land generously offered its fortunate inhabitants an exceptionally good quality of produce, so that they could develop the nutritional need of the human body into a sensitive science and art. Gastronomy, one of the most significant manifestations of an entropic and ephemeral applied art, characterizes the ancient cultures of the great civilizations. Hence the French cuisine is a natural evolution, developing through the years from the roots of ancient Roman gastronomy; whereas the Chinese equivalent has its roots in the old Chinese Empire. But in both cases, the historic events and contacts with other nations and cultures enriched and widened the original gastronomic experience. These were either cultural contacts, which contributed new ideas and forms of cooking, or commercial contacts that introduced new products and flavours. This is also what happened with the ancient Greek cookery, which developed into Byzantine cooking owing to the Roman admixture, and later into the modern Greek cuisine, from the influences contributed by the Venetian and Turkish occupation of Greece. However, even today Greek cookery with its wonderful local varieties is basically the same as that described in ancient times by Homer and Hesiod and later in the Hellenistic period by Athenaeus. The sun's warm rays still caress the olives, vines and fruit The delicate soil of Greece and the mild climate give an especially subtle taste and fragrance to the vegetables, fruit, pulses, cereals and herbs. The Greek seas supply delicious fish and a large variety of other seafood. The meat and fowl, due to the traditional way of feeding, have kept their original taste. In quality, the Greek oil is superior to that of the other Mediterranean countries and Greek wines have a delicate taste and a subtle aroma. To all of the above you should add the warm Greek hospitality, and the joy of life, derived from the bright Greek landscape, and through the paths of tasty delicacies allow yourself to be led to the height of pleasure.