Saganaki — shrimps with tomato and Feta cheese

This is known among Greeks as the all time favourite, saganaki. The equivalent to, “summer on a plate,” it is ideal for bread dipping  while watching the sun setting into the sea… Ingredients: 4 tablespoons olive oil 3 shallots, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced ½ cup ouzo 6 plum tomatoes, chopped ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes ½ teaspoon sweet paprika 100 g Feta cheese, coarsely chopped 15…

Fresh sardines baked in the oven

This is a delicious way to serve fresh fillets of the humble sardine. It gives them an additional crunch and a bold zesty flavour. I love to serve this dish with Dakos, the much loved Cretan delicacy of moist rusks topped with fresh,  crushed tomato and extra virgin olive oil, sprinkled with coarse sea salt…

Strapatsada

Strapatsada serves a story of pure Greek style, as well as a feeling of summer comfort and joy. In Greek its meaning is: to create something by composing it and then, simultaneously, decomposing it! This ideal tasty brunch dish should remain simple and modest.  Ingredients: 50 g unsalted butter 1 green pepper, finely chopped 3 spring onions, finely chopped…

Scrambled eggs with goat’s cheese

Fresh eggs are the marvellous gift of chickens to humanity! What would our unhurried weekends be like without scrambled eggs?  Experiment with various herbs or even coarsely chopped baby spinach;  instead of goat’s cheese substitute cream cheese for an everlasting egg-love! Scrambled eggs with goat’s cheese Ingredients: 8 organic eggs ½ cup of fresh herbs (chives, mint, parsley…

Pavlova with marrons glacés and caramelised almonds

Pavlova with marrons glacés and caramelised almonds

Meringue is chewy and crisp paired with the intense aroma of coffee. This is the beauty of the delicate gorgeousness of the marrons glacés…  Just one mouthful of this elegant dessert reveals the importance and splendour of contrasts in textures…  Ingredients: For the meringues: (Note: You can use ready-made, store-bought) 6 egg whites 300 g icing sugar 2 teaspoons corn flour 1 teaspoon lemon…