Recipes Index
Skorthalia (Skordalia): Greek Garlic Dip and Sauce
There are several variations of skorthalia (also spelled skordalia), some regional and some due to taste and ingredients preferences, but they all produce a pureed dip that goes wonderfully with fried cod, burgers, greens, and beets ... and some even enjoy it as a dip with bread.
Yiaourti: Greek Recipe for Homemade Yogurt
This recipe is for full fat sheep or cow's milk yogurt made the traditional way, without a yogurt maker. It's a very simple recipe with two ingredients.
Besamel: Basic Greek Bechamel
This is the basic recipe for the medium-thick white sauce used in Greek recipes for moussaka, pastitsio. Variations include thick and thin versions used in au gratin dishes, filled pies, croquettes, and other dishes.
Bechamel Sauce - Small Quantity
This recipe is ideal for making small filled pies and croquettes that call for a thick bechamel sauce in small quantities.
Basic Recipe for Greek Salad Dressing
My favorite dressing, which I use on Maroulosalata (a salad of Romaine lettuce, spring onions, and fresh dill), is an oil and vinegar dressing. It's quick, easy, and very Greek.
Diana's Pasta Sauce with Meat
Adapted from her Aunt Thekla's sauce, Diana Stamatis Dalton shares her recipe for Greek pasta sauce with ground beef. Check out the cloves-in-onion technique!
Saltsa Domatas: Basic Greek Tomato Sauce
This basic tomato sauce is delicious every time. A simple combination of tastes to serve with pasta.
Kokkinisto: Greek Red Sauce for Beef, Pork, or Chicken
Kokkinisto is as much a sauce as it is a way of cooking. Almost all meats and poultry (and game) can be made "kokkinisto," which translated, means "reddened," but this particularly recipe is for beef, pork, chicken, or game meats.
Greek Lamb Marinade with Coriander
A traditional overnight marinade with coriander, onion, bay leaves, oregano, oil, and vinegar.
Saltsa Yiaourtiou: Yogurt Sauce or Dressing
This quick and easy sauce is terrific on baked potatoes, salads, and also can be used on pita wraps instead of tzatziki.
Avgolemono: Traditional Greek Egg-Lemon Sauce
This is one of the classic Greek sauces, and is traditionally added to stuffed vine leaves, stuffed cabbage, and meatballs with rice; however, it also adds a perfect touch to almost any vegetable dish.
Kimas Moscharisios Kokkinistos: Traditional Greek Meat Sauce
This is simply the best meat sauce around, with the tastes of cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf, and garlic. Use it in baked dishes like Moussaka, Pastitsio, or Kreatopita (meat pie), or in any recipe for a baked casserole calling for a meat sauce to give a unique and fabulous taste.
Petimezi: Grape Syrup (Grape Molasses)
Petimezi was used during times of war as a high-calorie way to generate body heat. And when sugar was a luxury, it was an economical solution used in baking sweets and breads. Today, this delightful naturally sweet sauce (no sugar added) has many uses.
Glyko Stafyli me Amygthala: Grape Spoon Sweet with Slivered Almonds
This fabulous spoon sweet combines "fruit and nuts" in a new way. Toasted slivers of almonds are added to syrupy grape preserves to create a delicious taste sensation. Great topping for ice cream.
Bechamel Sauce with Cheese
Greek cooking uses different variations on bechamel in many classic and modern recipes. This is just one version of the sauce traditionally used to create moussaka, pastitsio, and many other vegetable-meat combinations, made with evaporated milk and cheese.
Saltsa Moustarthas: Mustard Dressing & Sauce
A great dressing for salads, sauce for vegetables, and chicken marinade, this recipe is very simple with few ingredients.
Drunk Raisin Syrup: Saltsa apo stafides me ouzo
Raisins soaked in Greek Ouzo form the base of this delightful dessert syrup that goes well drizzled over simple cakes, halvas (pudding), ice cream, and other sweets. Get creative!
Saltsa Sokolatas: Chocolate Sauce
A simple recipe for 2 cups of chocolate sauce to use on ice cream, fruit, crepes, or anywhere else a chocolate sauce comes in handy.
Yiaourti me Kari: Curry Mint Yogurt Sauce
This sauce of curry, mint, yogurt, and honey is a fabulous alternative to other yogurt sauces. It's terrific with lentils and vegetable dishes, and as a dip with fresh veggies. Simple and easy.
Basic Beef Marinade for Roasts, Steaks, and Kebabs
This simple marinade for beef works beautifully for steaks, kebabs, and other cuts.
Mayioneza: Homemade Mayonnaise
There's nothing like homemade mayonnaise to give your culinary creativity a jump start. Salads, sandwiches, seafood, and veggies are just a few of the places to show off your creation.
Latholemono: Greek Oil and Lemon Sauce
Latholemono is a classic Greek sauce for all kinds of seafood and shellfish. It requires no cooking, and has few ingredients.
Lamb Marinade I
This marinade is the classic used for lamb souvlaki, Greek shish kebabs.