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ANCIENT GREEK DINNER

Ancient Greek traditional cuisine - Ancient Greek Dinner. Cooking in historical times, traditional greek ingredients and dishes, greek cooking recipes.

Today is the common knowledge that gastronimy is closely associated with the history and culture of each country and its people. Furthermore, it is a material aspect of life interwined with enjoyment and health. Traditional Greek cuisine displays great interest, for it is one of the few in the world characterized by a millennia-long history, impressive lastingness, and a logic that pays heed to tastiness and healthy culinary practice. It is apt, therefore, to become one of the country's most powerful ambassadors abroad especially now that the rest of Europe, and the American continent, are in the process of discovering the advantages of Mediterranean cookery.

Tope in mulberry sauce (Galeos me saltsa apo moura)
Tope in mulberry sauce (Galeos me saltsa apo moura), Greek cooking recipes, greekcookingrecipes.com
6 slices of tope (dogfish or smooth-hound shark steaks)
250 g mulberries or blackberries
25 g olive oil
25 g walnuts, chopped
6 slices white bread, dried and crumbled
1 spring spearmint, finely chopped
2 tbsp. raisins or currents
25 g fresh butter
1/2 cup sweet, white wine
salt, pepper
juice of one lemon

Place the fish in a small pan and brush both sides with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and bake the fish in a moderate oven (180*C) for 15-20 minutes. In a small bowl combine the berries, breadcrumbs, olive oil, walnuts, chopped spearmint, raisins, and wine. Whisk the ingredients and set aside for about 2 hours. Put the mixture in a blender and process until well blended. Push through a fine-mesh strainer into a small pan. Heat the sauce thoroughly, adding a little pepper and the lemon juice. Pour over the slices of baked fish and serve. (serves 6)

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Chicken with cracked wheat (Kota me pligouri)
Chicken with cracked wheat (Kota me pligouri), Greek cooking recipes, greekcookingrecipes.com
1 small chicken (1kg)
500g hulled barley or wheat (bulgur)
50g fresh butter (optional)
1/2 cup olive oil
1 onion, quartered
1 carrot, sliced
1 stalks celery, with leaves, chopped
salt and pepper

Place the chicken and vegetables in a pot with enough water to cover. Add salt and pepper and cook over medium heat until chicken falls off the bones, about 1 hour. Remove the meat and cool. Return the bones to the stock, simmer another 15-20 minutes, cool and strain. Meanwhile chop the chicken and set aside. Heat the olive oil and 1 tablespoon of butter and saute the bulgur. Slowly add the hot stock, stir, and simmer, covered, over very low heat foe 2 hours, occasionally stirring until the bulgur cracks. About 20 minutes before the end, stir in the chopped chicken. Pour some melted butter on top and serve. (serves 4)

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Ancient Greek traditional cuisine - Ancient Greek Dinner. Cooking in historical times, traditional greek ingredients and dishes, greek cooking recipes.