Anchovies with leeks (Hapsolavason)
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15 "hapsia" (achovies)
1/2kg corn meal
1 tsp salt
1 kg leeks (only the white part)
1 cup olive oil
boiling water
Mix the corn meal with the salt in a bowl and add some boiling water, just enouph to moisten. Stir and leave for a while, until the mixture is warm. Meanwhile, gut the anchovies, cut them down the middle and remove the heads and backbones. Rinse well. Chop the leeks finely and add them to the corn meal mixture, along with the anchovies and olive oil. If necessary, add some more water. Mix carefully. Put the mixture on an oiled 2 cm high baking pan and bake in the oven at 180*C. (serves 4)
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Pickled purslane (Pirpirimia stipa)
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Purslane
Salt
Vinegar
Olive oil
Tsipouro (fiery spirit also known as raki)
Rinse the purslane, after cutting off the tough dry parts of the stems. Blanch in boiling water for a minute or two, adding a generous quantity of salt. Drain the purslane and put it in a jar, filled with vinegar. Leave in the jar for 3-4 days, then remove some purslane, put it on a plate and sprinkle with olive oil. Serve with tsipouro, as you would do with most pickled vegetables.
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