Greek Cookbook: Village Taverna Recipes

By James Newton

Village Taverna Recipes is a book that contains many of the loved traditional peasant dishes from across Greece. From appetizers, salads to traditional Moussaka, Pastisada, Stifado, Sofrito, fish, chicken, Baklava and many more savoury and sweet dishes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Springwood Emedia
• Release date: Apr 5, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476271002

James Newton

James Newton is a retired Chef who has had a great career catering for the rich and famous. He has worked all around the world in some of the most exotic locations. Now in his series of ecookbooks he brings together the know how of how to cook regional and international dishes from the places he has visited.From the USA, South American, the Caribbean, Morocco, Middle East, Greece, Italy, UK, Spain and many more discover traditional dishes like the ones you liked on vacation.

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Village

Taverna

Recipes

James Newton

Smashwords Edition

© 2011-12 Springwood emedia

All rights reserved

Contents

About Greece

Greek Cuisine

Greek Cuisine Recipes 
Appetizers

Tzatziki - Yoghurt dip

Taramosalata

Spicy Cheese Spread

Meatballs
Saganaki

Salads

Aubergine salad
Bean salad

Beetroot salad

Cabbage & carrot salad

Greek salad
Green bean & Tuna salad

Potato and lettuce salad

Spinach and feta lettuce

Tomato and cucumber salad

Tomato and Feta cheese salad

Meat Dishes

Baked Lamb with Oregano
Stifado (Beef stew)

Baked Rabbit with mushrooms

Beef with Red Sauce

Charcoal lamb chops

Goat in Clay Pot

Grilled Pork Chops

Hamburger with Herbs

Lamb in Tomato Sauce

Macaroni Baked with Meat

Meat and Potato Casserole
Meat Roll

Meatballs with Cracked Wheat

Meatballs with Cumin

Moussaka

Pork in Red Wine Sauce
Sofrito

Sausages with Green Peppers

Souvlaki

Stuffed Aubergines

Stuffed Vine leaves
Kebab Rice

Veal with Red Beans

Chicken Dishes
Chicken Casserole with Lemon Sauce

Chicken in Tomato Sauce

Chicken with Rice Casserole

Chicken with Vegetable and Mastic

Rooster in Red Wine Sauce

Pasta Dishes

Baked Macaroni & Bechamel Sauce

Greek Spaghetti with Shrimps or Prawns

Meat and Macaroni Pie

Pasta with Cheese

Pastitsada (Spicy Beef)

Fish Dishes
Bianco Bass from Corfu

Cod with Aromatic Herbs

Cod with Coriander

Charcoaled Swordfish with Zucchini and Mushrooms

Crayfish with Lemon

Fried Battered Fish with Garlic Sauce

Lobster with Rice

Fried Red Mullet

Fried Sardines

Fried Squid

Sole in Cream and Yoghurt Sauce

Tunafish in Herbs

Fried Mussels

Shrimps with Garlic and Spring Onions

Sweet Dishes
Almond Pie

Apple Pie

Baklava Rolls
Easter Cookies

Halva

About Greece

Approximately 16.5 million tourists visit Greece each year, more than the country’s entire population. Tourism constitutes nearly 16% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

About 7% of all the marble produced in the world comes from Greece.

The world’s third leading producer of olives, the Greeks have cultivated olive trees since ancient times. Some olive trees planted in the thirteenth century are still producing olives.

Greece has zero navigable rivers because of the mountainous terrain. Nearly 80% of Greece is mountainous.

Thousands of English words come from the Greek language, sometimes via the Roman adaptation into Latin and then to English. Common English words from Greek include academy, apology, marathon, siren, alphabet, and typhoon.

Greece has more than 2,000 islands, of which approximately 170 are populated.  Greece’s largest island is Crete (3,189 sq. miles) (8,260 sq. km.).

Continuously inhabited for over 7,000 years, Athens is one of the oldest cities in Europe. It is also the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, political science, Western literature, historiography, major mathematical principles, and Western theories of tragedy and comedy.

Greece enjoys more than 250 days of sunshine—or 3,000 sunny hours—a year.

Currently, Greek men must serve from one year to 18 months in any branch of the armed forces. The government spends 6% of the annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on the military.

Greece is the leading producer of sea sponges.

Greek ships make up 70% of the European Union’s total merchant fleet. According to Greek law, 75% of a ship’s crew must be Greek.

Greece has more archaeological museums than any other country in the world.

Retirement homes are rare in Greece. Grandparents usually live with their children’s family until they die. Most young people live with their families until they marry.

Many Greek structures such as doors, windowsills, furniture, and church domes are painted a turquoise blue, especially in the Cyclades Islands. It is used because of an ancient