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Jan 6 2012

Avgotaraho (Bottarga) Vinaigrette

Since these days I ‘m focusing on Deli, Avgotaraho recipes, I found a recipe for an easy, quick and above all healthy salad dressing.

I haven’t tried it yet but I love all its ingredients, so I know it will taste super. If anyone tries it before me, please let me know what you think.

INGREDIENTS:

½ a cup of lemon juice   

1 tsp of lemon zest

1 tsp of orange zest

2 spoonfuls of orange juice 1 ½ cup of olive oil

1 spoonful of bottarga powder  

1 spoonful of chopped parsley

1 tsp of chopped fennel

PREPARATION:

Put all the ingredients together in a glass jar with firm lid. Stir until you will have a smooth sauce.

You can use this vinaigrette as a salad dressing, with steamed or grilled fish,

on boiled or baked vegetables, or as a topping on fish soup, lentil soup etc.

Dec 28 2011

Yoghurt pie from Crete

I found this recipe in an old cooking magazine. I haven’t tried the recipe’s dosage but since I make yoghurt pie with those exact ingredients, I know that the result will taste …yummy. Again, the simplest ingredients can do magic. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• Sugar, 1 ½ cup

• Butter, 1 cup

• Flour (for all-purpose), 3 cups

• Yoghurt, 1 ½ cup approximately

• 5 Eggs.

• Baking Powder, 3 tsp

• Lemon, 2 tsp, the lemon zest

* Be sure to use the same cup for all the ingredients otherwise, the dosage will be unequal.

Method

With the mixer, we beat the butter with the sugar until it becomes white.            

Next, we add the egg-yolks and the yoghurt until the mix becomes smooth enough.

We add the flour, the baking powder and the lemon zest.

With a fork, we beat the egg-whites and the 2 tsp of lemon separately in a bowl.

We add it into our mix.

We stir all the ingredients well and we pour the mix into a buttered baking pan.

We bake into a preheated oven for about 1 hour at 180 oC, until it takes a golden color.

 

 

*When serving we can pour on top cinnamon powder and you will have a healthy, with low-calorie dessert which by the way has its roots in the Ancient Greece.

Dec 27 2011

Basil Vinaigrette Dressing

This is a quick, easy salad dressing and one of my favorites. Fresh basil will bring spring in your plate and freshness into your kitchen. That’s why I strongly urge you to prepare it with fresh basil leaves and not dry ones. Also, to my opinion, fresh basil and extra virgin olive oil of supreme quality are best friends. Don’t waste it on other kinds of oil. Take my word for it. Enjoy !

Ingredients

1 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/3 cup apple cider vinegar

1/4 cup honey                                         

3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil

2 cloves garlic, minced

                                                                 Directions    

                           Take your mortar and pestle and whisk together all the ingredients,

                           pressing them, tossing them around,

                           pressing them again until you get a thick, green paste.

                           Pour over your favorite (especially summer) salad and serve.