The traditional Cretan diet has a love affair with dough, sweet or salty doesn’t matter!
Instructions to prepare the popular Cretan pastries.
“Magiri”. Traditional handmade pasta with flour, oil and water. In difficult times of Turkish and German occupation and poverty, the magiri nourished many generations on the island, since apart from it being economical and easy, it is also delicious, healthy and very filling. Moreover it’s vefan if you don’t add cheese. We submit the recipe and the […]
Sfakianopites or pies from Sfakia! Very popular pies in Crete not only for their flavor but also for their ease of preparation of the. It is found almost everywhere in Sfakia, all over the prefecture of Chania, and not only. Try it and you will never forget! Ingredients for 10 pies Preparation 1/2 kg of flour 1 cup […]
“Kalitsounia” are the beloved sweet cheese pies, usually prepared after church on Holy Thursday in Crete at the time of Easter. There are dozens of different ways of preparing them from one to the other end of the island. Ingredients Preparation For the dough: 1 kg flour 2 eggs 2 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon salt 200 g of strained yoghurt […]
“Kolokithoboureko” or Boureki from Chania. The word boureki comes from the Turkish börek which can be translated internationally as “filled pastry”. Small variations of this word are used by most Balkan countries to describe their respective pies. So our “kolokithoboureko” is a delicious zucchini pie, which is primarily found in Chania. It’s prepared in many different ways throughout […]
Beloved sour”cheese pies, called sarikopites because they look like “sariki” in shape, the old kerchief Cretans worn around their heads. They are one of the most typical dishes of our island. One more delicacy that accompanies raki/tsikoudia* very often and very successfully, greater when you add honey on top. Very easy to create and consume them! Ingredients Preparation 1/2 […]
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