Recipes

Bean soup (Fasolada)

5-6 servings Ingredients dried white beans: 500 gr. carrots: 3, sliced thickly onions: 2, finely chopped tinned tomatoes: 400 gr. olive oil: ½ cup celery: 3 stalks salt freshly ground pepper chilli pepper: 1 (optional) Instructions Soak beans in water overnight. The next day, wash and boil them over low heat until tender (about 1 hour). Drain beans and rinse…

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Lentil soup (Fakes)

5-6 servings Ingredients small lentils: 500 gr onions: 2 finely chopped garlic: 3 cloves, cut in half tinned tomatoes: 400 gr bay leaves: 2-3 leaves olive oil: ½ cup carrots: 2, cut in cubes (optional) salt a bit pepper freshly ground vinegar to serve Instructions Clean the lentils and wash them well in colander. Boil them in plenty of water…

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Roasted Chickpeas – (Revithia Fournou)

2-3 servings Ingredients 1 cup dry chickpeas (I used peeled) 1 medium onion chopped 2 garlic cloves cut in half 1 bay leaf 1 tablespoon tomato paste 2 tablespoons chopped dill 2 tablespoons olive oil Salt/Pepper Instructions Soak the chickpeas in water overnight. Rinse and place in a pot with the onion, garlic and bay leaf. Add water until it…

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Fresh Beans – (Fasolakia)

2 servings Ingredients ½ cup olive oil 1 onion chopped 1/2 kilo green beans 1 medium potato sliced (1/4 inch thickness-cut in half) 3 medium tomatoes grated or 350gr chopped tomatoes ¼ cup chopped parsley 1 teaspoon sugar ½ teaspoon salt fresh pepper Instructions In a medium pot, heat olive oil at medium to low heat. Sauté onion until soft.…

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Oven roasted beans (fasolia fournou)

2 servings Ingredients 250 gr beans 1 small chopped onion 1 garlic clove minced 1 cup chopped tomatoes Salt/ pepper Parsley Instructions Soak the beans in plenty water during the night. Rinse the beans and put them in a pot. Cover them with water and bring them to a boil. Change the water and cover the beans again with water…

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