Sausage Souvlaki
Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by Katia.
Anybody for Sausage Souvlaki? After talking about pork being the most traditional souvlaki meat, then chicken as more and more popular souvlaki variation, one could ask what happens with sausages?! Do Greeks eat and love sausages? Oh, yeah, be sure, they do.
Loukaniko, as they call sausage, has a special place in the Greek cuisine. Actually, [...]
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Meatball Beef Kebab with Pita
Posted on 10. Sep, 2009 by Katia.
Meatball Beef Kebab with Pita or if you wish, Meatball Kebab Souvlaki, sounds like a culinary dynamo!!! Let alone its taste! There are many words here that promise a good feast, but let us tell you something else first.
If you want to order this souvlaki in Greece, you have to be precise – you either [...]
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Veggie Pita Souvlaki with Feta Dressing
Posted on 06. Sep, 2009 by Katia.
Veggie Souvlaki with Feta Dressing in Pita Bread
During the hot summer months, Greeks like to eat their seasonal vegetables either fresh or roasted. With some olive oil and feta cheese, they are a complete, filling and tasty meal. Basically, Greeks grill or broil all vegetables they have in abundance and season them with some herbs [...]
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Lamb Souvlaki
Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Katia.
Lamb Souvlaki is considered almost as a desert among meat skewers. Greeks like and eat a lot of lamb meat, and Lamb Souvlaki or Arnisio souvlaki as Greek calls it (arnisio means “lamb” in Greek) is one of the most beloved kebabs.What makes it really popular is its tenderness: the bites of grilled lamb simply [...]
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Octopus souvlaki
Posted on 29. Aug, 2009 by Katia.
Octopus souvlaki is not something you will find at every corner in Greece, but it is one of the most delicious summer skewers. Greeks like octopus and make endless variation of salads and different dishes with this eight-leg sea creature. Grilling octopus for souvlaki is just a simple and tasty way to enjoy it.
Baby octopus [...]
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Calamari souvlaki
Posted on 26. Aug, 2009 by Katia.
Calamari souvlaki is a member of the seafood souvlaki family, if we can call it that way. There is nothing much different in making the calamari souvlaki in comparison with octopus, or swordfish souvlaki. Maybe some ingredients are different here and there, but given the abundance of herbs and spices in Greece, it’s easy for [...]
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Grilled Swordfish Souvlaki
Posted on 19. Aug, 2009 by Katia.
Grilled Swordfish Souvlaki is a very delicate and loved Greek food on skewers. Greeks love fish and seafood and no wonder they have adequate souvlaki types. Swordfish is a mild fish and its taste goes really well with the majority of Greek spices and herbs, or the strong-in-taste eggplant, olive or other tapenades.
Swordfish souvlaki is [...]
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Pita with chicken gyros
Posted on 15. Aug, 2009 by Katia.
The recipe for chicken gyros with pita is easy to cook at home. The ingredients for this recipe you will find them in larger and international market stores in your city; usually the ingredients we buy on our own are much better than the ones we found at souvlaki stores or restaurants. Here you can [...]
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Chicken Souvlaki Recipe
Posted on 10. Aug, 2009 by Katia.
As much as souvlaki is traditional Greek “fast food” or “street food”, it is also very common home-made dish especially when it comes to Chicken Souvlaki. You may have Chicken souvlaki with pita bread or without it.
Greeks love food and they are ready to spend hours in the kitchen to bring their favorite dishes to [...]
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How to order a Greek Souvlaki in Greece
Posted on 09. Aug, 2009 by Katia.
How do you order souvlaki in Greece, especially if you are not familiar with regional differences? Here comes the tricky part. The biggest difference exists between Greece’s South and North.
If you are somewhere south, including islands, or in Athens itself, when you order souvlaki, you get grilled meat pieces in pita bread, along with sliced [...]
