Kaltsounia
Here is a very delicious recipe to treat your guests and, of course, to enjoy yourselves after the end of Lent. Kaltsounia are made in Crete during the holidays…
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Imam Bayildi
Here is a recipe of the “queen” of the vegetables, eggplant, that comes from Turkey and we "made" it Greek through small changes. According to history, the name…
Crete Recipes
Cretan cheese
The value of cheese has been appreciated by the ancient Greeks. The first references of goat and sheep breeding in Crete have been in the Greek mythology. Chased…
Crete Cretography
Sweet Easter Delicacies
Sweets should be with a great smell, taste and appearance. How else would someone like them? Here is a very delicious recipe to treat your guests (and, of course,…
Crete Recipes
The "lazy" spanakopita
Here’s a very easy and fast recipe of spanakopita(i.e. spinach pie). Ingredients: Puff pastry About 500gr. of spinach 100 gr. of feta 2-3 fresh onions Some dill…
Crete Recipes
Halvas with raisins and pine nuts
Here’s a delicious and Lenten sweet! Ingredients: 2 cups of semolina 2/3 glass of olive oil 1 teaspoon of cinnamon 1 handful of pine nuts 1 handful of raisins 2…
Crete Recipes
Orzo with smoked pork and sun-dried tomato
The amazing smell and rich taste describe the below recipe. Don’t hesitate to taste it! Ingredients: 500 gr. of orzo 500 gr. of smoked pork 2-3 sun-dried tomatoes…
Crete Recipes
Chickpeas with ksinochondros
If you love ksinochondros (i.e. the grinded wheat with sour milk), you can definitely taste one of the most delicious dishes with legumes, the chickpeas with ksinochondros.…
Crete Recipes
Cretan diet: the treatment on your plate!
The pure ingredients, produced by the fertile land of Crete combined with a fabulous way, are the feature of the Cretan diet that is famous for its wonderful tastes…
Crete Cretography
Small meat pies
Small pies (fried pies) are often served in the houses of Crete that, apart from ksinomizithra (i.e. sarikopites) or sweet mizithra or herbs, they can be filled…
Crete Recipes
Lamb with askolimproi (skolimoi) and egg-lemon sauce
The lamb with the askolimproi or skolimoi is delicious and very worth tasting. The recipe cannot be followed only with askolimproi but also using herbs or lettuce.…
Crete Recipes
Chochlioi with fennel and potatoes
Ingredients: 1 kilo of chochlioi (i.e. snails) 1 kilo of potatoes ½ kilo of fennel 2 onions 3 grinded tomatoes 1 tablespoon of tomato paste Salt Pepper Olive oil…
Crete Recipes
Voni
Location Located in the Minoa Pediada municipality, 30 km from Heraklion Altitude 330 meters Population Around 600 Religious tourism Known for…
Heraklion Towns and villages
Chondros
Location 64 km from Heraklion Attractions Picturesque chapels such as Saint Theodore, Saint Fanourios, Saint Nicholas, and Portela Gorge Population Approximately…
