Trahanas was something i used to eat only when i was 10-12 years old and usually when i was spending the summer with my Grandparents. I just recently started to add it again on my diet and i realised why it was the favourite of my grandparents.
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The Greek Burger
Making a burger is a great dish to make and have together with friends in the weekend, and especially during summer. So the following recipe is my interpretation of a burger with a Greek flavour. Behold the recipe for the Greek Burger.
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Pasta with Feta-Tomato and Capers
Having pasta is not something of my speciality but I try to have one every now and then as they are really easy to make. Despite that I never had the chance to have pasta that I would really enjoy to make it to the blog.
Well, the last time I tried to cook pasta I tried the following way which was much better than I expected. As one friend told me, pasta is nice cause you can add what you want and it still work.
I like past -as most of us I guess- as it is really easy to cook and fills your stomach when you are hungry. So here is a recipe I did with pasta and which I think can be really nice during summer. The important thing with that is that you can make it with really basic ingredients.
Forgive me my Italians friends, I know that its not a proper Italian pasta recipe…but I did my best in mixing Italian and Greek flavours
Ingredients for pasta with tomato and capers
- Pasta, your choice
- 2 spoons of capers
- 20 tomato cherrys cut in half
- 2 fresh onions finely chopped
- 300 grs of feta cheese
- Olive oil, Salt Pepper
How to make it
Make the Paste, the normal way as you do. Drain them and leave them aside
Place the pasta on deep bowl and add all the ingredients including the feta and the cherry tomatoes. Make sure you mix them quite well.
Serve by sprinkling a bit more of olive oil on top and a bit of olive oil
Its Ready!
Sprinkle a bit more of olive oil and you are done! Dont like pasta? how about trying this aubergine stew with capers?
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Beef burgers recipe
When i was in Greece, burgers had always a special place in our menu. Home made ones i mean of course…
I still remember the looks of the pan getting out of the oven with the round burgers and sizzling oven potatoes as my mother were placing them on the kitchen board to get some rest. I had kept some minced meat from last time when i made the peinirli which gave me the idea to make some nice burgers. Well, to be honest it wasn’t so much left….so i made only one, but it was big enough.
I think what makes this recipe so nice is the addition of the trimmed tomato as it gives a nice sweet taste to the burger that is kind of different in relation to what i usually tried. The portions are adjusted for a one mans meal… so you made your own adjustments depending on the amount you are looking for and hopefully it will come up as nice as it did for me.
Ingredients
- 250gr of minced beef.
- 1/4 of a big onion trimmed
- 1/2 medium small size tomato trimmed
- A bit of oregano
- 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil
- One small cup of vinegar
- Salt and pepper
- The crumb from 1 slice of bread
The whole idea is pretty simple on how to make the burgers and i guess that is what makes it so nice. In a big bow you add all the ingredients and you start mixing them with your hands until you manage to form one big burger. You can brake it up to two i guess but i preferred to make one big one. When you do that make sure to leave them in the fridge for 10-15 minutes to relax.
Put it to a per-heated oven in medium heat and leave it over there until you see it becomes brown. Pinch it a bit with the fork to see there is no blood coming out but in the same time its not completely dry…and its ready. You can serve them with oven baked potatoes .. or just salad…or both…its up to you!