Easter Menu 2016

Kitchen Stories wishes

Happy Easter & Good First of May!

Below you will find a selection of suggestions for your Easter table, which we suggest and you can choose whatever interests you the most.
Listed in turn the recipes: Appetizers, Salads, Main Course, Pies & Desserts.
More recipes can be found on the corresponding page of Recipes.

Cretan Sweet Cheese Mini Pies/ Kalitsounia-DIY

Doing these Cretan Sweet Cheese Mini Pies today I recalled in my memory stories of my childhood. I remembered our grandmother doing these in her Kitchen. Mizithropites is made with a thin sheet of homemade dough filled with cheese (traditionally stuffed with ricotta cheese/ mizithra), cinnamon & honey and then fried. They become light and soft like a soft pillow! They are then sprinkled with powdered sugar & cinnamon or simply sprinkled with our favorite & our own thyme honey…
Classic, traditional and popular sweet mizithropitakia, popular delicacy for rural but also urban Crete, which the housewives made and make in many aspects of social life, and especially in the Easter celebrations with the Cretan Cheese Pies savory and sweet.
A simple yeast rolled in the machine -for easier procedure- fresh local mizithra and served with honey or powdered sugar and cinnamon.
Yours!

work: 1h:30′

time: 2h:00′

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Tuna Salad Niçoise

The classic Niçoise salad is a famous salad from Nice, France. Today it has spread to all over the world, since it is so tasty and beloved by many.
As a salad based on the best quality of ingredients and has great "flexibility" and is customizable by adding various vegetables, as colorful peppers, chives or fresh artichokes, which make it delicious, colorful and seductive. The base, however, always include tuna, anchovies and hard-boiled eggs.
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 30′

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Orange Glazed Strawberry Scones

Fluffy soft cookies with orange zest, chopped strawberries and a gentle glaze made up with orange juice. The strawberries except color and flavor keeps them juicy and soft. I think these cookies are so delicious, that every bite will pleasantly surprise and delight you. Give it as a snack to children but also on your own box for the job.
Consumed rapidly and eaten fresh.
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 35′

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Spiral-Shaped Greek Cheese Pie

Special cheese pie in a spiral shape (twisted or snail) with a thin crust sheet, feta cheese, cheddar, soft strained ricotta, dill and mint. I called it spring because of the herbs that give it flavor and great taste. Enjoy the as main dish combined with a light green salad, to alleviate the high fat taste of mizithra (or ricotta) cheese pie. Also, I suggest you enjoy it with a sturdy spoon of honey onto the hot pie.
Yours!

work: 40′

time: 1h:40′

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Banoffee Pie

Banoffee Pie is an English dessert, which is made from bananas, caramel cream by boiling the milk and sweetened whipped cream. The base is crushed cookies and butter or a simple base dough.
Here the Banoffee (banana & toffee) was made into individual portions, consisting as a first layer, of a base of biscuit and nuts, roasted & crushed hazelnuts. A second layer of caramel cream, a third layer of banana slices and finally lots of whipped cream, sprinkled with grated chocolate, cocoa and caramel cubes. Yours!

work: 45′

time: 4h:00′

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Sandwich Pita Bread Roll with Cheese & Ham

Cold Sandwich in tortilla rolls for all the hours, for work or party. With ham, cheese, chorizo, ripe avocado and cherry tomatoes. Lightweight and very tasty. The chorizo, the spicy paprika, is what gives it extra spicy note and make it more interesting taste.
Yours!

work: 20′

time: 20′

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Cajun Chicken

Another suggestion of our favorite Cajun & Creole Cuisine this delicious and extra spicy chicken with potatoes in the oven. As familiar as it looks is different from the usual. The special character of it is offered by the excellent cajun spice mix and chopped spring onion to the end before serving.
Yours!

work: 20′

time: 1h:20′

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French Crepes Savory & Sweet-DIY

Simply Crepes
The recipe for crepes is easier to do than what you think, follow the analytic process and enjoy!
The crepes are considered as French pancakes and can be disguised in sweet or savory depending on the filling. Whatever tasty fillings you choose you will enjoy as in France, where they welcome them with enthusiasm any time of day, at breakfast, brunch, lunch, tea or dinner.
So, Bon Αppétit!

work: 1h:00′

time: 1h:30′

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Grilled Fish & Salad Greens

Grilled fish and salad Stamnagathi (Cichorium spinosum), boiled or raw if preferred. A dish with complete nutritional value and taste affirmed with few, very few ingredients but with such unsurpassed taste.
Try to combine with potatoes fried in oven and you will have an additional reason to enjoy with your soul.
Yours!

work: 30′

time: 1h:00′

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