Tag: mediterraneanfood

From Kathara Deftera or “Clear Monday” (this year on the 7th of March), when the carneval ends, most Greeks do not eat meat until Easter Sunday (April 24) according to the customs of Greek Orthodox Church. This process is called “Sarakosti”.

So most Mediterranean recipes of this period contain herbs, fish and seafood.

Today we will make cod croquettes in the pan. The execution of the recipe was done by Mrs. Voula. The taste is truly unsurpassed!

As you can see in the short video, the process is as follows:

Put in a bowl 250gr. Soda water. Add salt and pepper. Add 250 gr. Flour and mix very well with a large spoon until all the blisters are gone. Add parsley and then 2 tablespoons of our olive oil "mer des oliviers de Delphes". Mix well and then add 600 gr. Cod cut into small pieces. Cod must be salted and well desalinated. Usually we buy the salted cod 2 days before we cook it. Within these two days we put it in a bowl of water, which we change 3 times a day.

Mix the mixture well and add 120 gr. Olive oil in the pan. When the olive oil burns, add the croquettes one by one and in 4-5 minutes turn them so that they are cooked from the back. When they turn brown they are ready!

Bon appetit!

Materials:

Soda water: 250 gr

Salt

Pepper

Flour: 250 gr

Parsley

Olive oil: 2 tablespoons

Cod in small pieces: 600 gr.

Delphi, March 11, 2022

Beef shank with mushrooms in the hull! Today, Thursday, February 10, 2022, the Mediterranean diet provides a dish with meat! So my wife Anna and I decided to make a veal knuckle in the hull with mushrooms, wine and olive oil from Wednesday night. The food was prepared for Thursday's lunch! I went to the candle shop and got 1 kilo of beef shank! The amount I describe below is enough for 4 people and is served with boiled rice or potatoes. The recipe is executed as follows: Cut the knuckle into 10 pieces and put it in the hull. Add 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped. 4 cloves garlic in 4 pieces each. Half a kilo of mushrooms, salt, pepper, thyme and half a glass of white wine. We covered the hull and put it in the oven with air at 180 degrees Celsius for 75 minutes. When we take the hull out of the oven, we add ½ a cup of extra virgin olive oil.

The Materials used are as follows:
1 kg beef shank
1/2 kilos of mushrooms
1 onion
4 cloves garlic
thyme
salt
pepper
½ glass of white wine
½ a cup of olive oil

Vassilis Kanatas
Delphi
February 10, 2022

Today, Wednesday, January 19, 2022 in Greece, we eat legumes or vegetables! For those who follow the articles with our recipes it is known that the order in which we cook and eat food in Greece follows a holistic logic adapted to the needs of the human body and the consumption of beneficial fats such as extra virgin olive oil in combination with many vegetables. Rarely do we eat meat!

Our food today is Spinach with red tomato sauce. This Mediterranean recipe is short. The materials used for 4-5 people are at the end of the article. The recipe was executed by my mother-in-law Voula.
Here is the recipe:
Cut the large onion, garlic and leek into small pieces. Cut the carrot into 8 slices. Saute them all together in 3 tablespoons of olive oil.
When they soften, put a spoonful of tomato paste. Grate the 2 tomatoes and throw them in the pot. Let them boil for about 15 minutes.
Reduce the heat to medium and add the spinach (coarsely chopped). Press it to sit and close the lid. When the spinach is well set, stir and add the rice. After 10 minutes, add the dill (chopped), the lemon juice and the lemon zest, salt and pepper.
When the rice is done, turn off the heat and when the boiling is over, add 1 cup of extra virgin olive oil.
Bon appetit!

Materials
for 4-5 people
1 kg of spinach
Or a cup of glazed rice
1 large dried onion
1 leek
1 clove garlic
1 bunch of dill
2 tomatoes made
1 tablespoon tomato paste
½ lemon (juice and zest)
a cup of extra virgin olive oil

Vasilis Kanatas
Delphi, January 19, 2022