In the Greek world, wrapped and stuffed foods are prominent features at Christmas meals and New Year’s banquets.
Traditionally, the dolmas tou Ai Vasili was cooked in a tandır (pit oven).
In the Greek world, wrapped and stuffed foods are prominent features at Christmas meals and New Year’s banquets.
The family has a fame to be very hospitable, so they filled the table with an amazing amount of food.
Salted sardines, kalitsounia, graviera which resembles Swiss gruyere, rusks and soaked broad beans are common foods of a Cretan panighiri.
And here is the photo of a magnificent chicken dish. The bird was slowly cooked with fresh tomatoes (the last ones of the season), onion, wine and plenty of sweetened, juicy, green olives!
Recipes:
Anevata kalitsounia
Kalitsounia filled with amaranths
Kalitsounia filled with cheese, mint and almonds
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