MOUSSAKA
Makes: 6 to 8 servings 3 large eggplants 2 lbs potatoes 1 onion (diced) 2 lbs ground beef 1/2 cup white wine 1/2 cup olive oil 2 tomatoes parsley, diced salt and pepper some corn oil, for frying Beshamel sauce: 4 cups warm milk 8 spoons flour 3 tbsp butter salt and pepper a pinch [...]
BAKLAVA
1 lb phyllo pastry 7/8 lb fine ground almonds 2 tsp cinnamon 1 pinch of clove 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 1 cup honey lemon juice 2 tsp vanilla 1. Mix the almonds, cinnamon and clove. Butter a pan and place 4 buttered sheets of phyllo. 2. Spread thin layer of the mix and [...]
Milk banitsa
Ingredients: 400g flour, 9 eggs, 3/2 milk, 3/2 cupful sugar, 1/2 cupful semolina, 1 spoonful sunflower oil, 1 spoonful vinegar, 1 cupful water, 180g butter. Prepare a medium-hard dough from the flour, 1 egg. oil, vinegar and water and roll into sheets (500g of ready pastry sheets may also be used). Place the sheets in [...]
Sweet balls with syrup
Ingredients: 150g cottage cheese, 3 eggs, 1 cupful flour, 3/2 cupful sugar, vanilla, 1 tsp. baking soda, 3 cupful water, 1 cupful sunflower oil. Mix the cottage cheese and eggs well, before gradually adding the flour, followed by the baking soda. Shape into balls with a spoon and fry in hot oil. When cooled, pour [...]
Banitsa saralia
Ingredients: 1kg flour, 1/2 cupful walnut kernels, 4 cupfuls sugar, 4 cupfuls water, vanilla, 150g butter. Prepare a medium-hard dough from the flour, some salt and cold water, and roll into sheets (1 kg of ready-rolled sheets may also be used). Baste each sheet with some butter and top with crushed walnut kernels. Roll together [...]
Baked apples with vanilla syrup
Ingredients: 8-10 eq. sized apples, 1/3 cupful walnut kernels, 3/2 cupful sugar, vanilla, cinnamon according to taste, 50g butter. Peel and carefully hollow the apples. Prepare a stuffing from the beaten butter, 3/4 cupful of sugar, crushed walnut kernels and cinnamon. Stuff the apples and place in a lined dish, pour over 1-2 spoonful of [...]
Banitsa (Cheese pastry)
Ingredients: 1kg flour, 400g white brined cheese, 4 eggs, 500g yogurt, 1/2 a tsp. baking soda, 100g butter, salt. Use the flour, salt and 3/2 cupfuls of water to make a hard dough which is divided into first-large balls. Let stand for ~1hour, then roll into about 1mm thick sheets. Line with melted butter and [...]
Ears
Ingredients: 500g flour, 1tsp. yeast, 150g white sheep7s cheese, 120g butter, 2 tsp. salt. Make a hole in the flour and place 1/2 tsp. salt, the diluted yeast and 1/2 a cupful of water in it. Knead a medium soft dough (add some more water if necessary) and let stand for about on hour. Roll [...]
Banitsa with spinach
Ingredients: 1kg flour, 1kg spinach, 300g. white brined cheese, 3/2 cupful of yogurt, 200g butter, 1 spoonful sunflower oil, 1 spoonful vinegar, salt. Cook the cleaned and finely cut spinach in some of the butter. After having cooled, stir in crumbled cheese and yogurt. Knead a hard dough from the flour, oil, vinegar, salt and [...]
