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THRACIAN CUISINE

Regional Greek traditional cuisine - Thracian Cuisine, Greek cooking recipes, Thracian views, wine, traditional Thracian diet.

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.

Cabbage salad from Thrace (Thrakiotiki Lachano Salata)
Cabbage salad from Thrace (Thrakiotiki Lachano Salata), Greek cooking recipes, greekcookingrecipes.com
3 cups cabbage, finely chopped
1/2 cup finely chopped green (bell) pepper
1/2 cup finely chopped sweet red pepper (Florina pepper)
1/2 cup finely chopped celery
1 cup grated carrot
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbsp vinegar
salt
a pinch of sugar

Mix the first 5 ingridients together. Beat the olive oil with the vinegar, sugar and salt, and pour over the salad.

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Wild boar casserole with onions and spices (Agiogourouno kapama)
Wild boar casserole with onions and spices (Agiogourouno kapama), Greek cooking recipes, greekcookingrecipes.com
Meat is often cooked as kapama, from the Turkish word "kapama > kapamak", which means "to cover, to enclose".

1 1/2 kg wild boar, cut in serving portions
1 1/2 kg boiling onions (like those used for stifado), blanched and peeled
2 large onions, finely chopped
1 cup red wine
bay leaves, allspice
salt and pepper

Put the finely chopped onions in a clay casserole, adding the meat and the onions for the stew. Pour the wine over them, add the flavourings, salt and pepper, and seal the lid carefully with dough. Bake in the oven at 150*C for 4 hours. Alternatively, this dish can be cooked with other kinds of meat, such as venison, veal, pork ar chicken. (serves 6)

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Regional Greek traditional cuisine - Thracian Cuisine, Greek cooking recipes, Thracian views, wine, traditional Thracian diet.