Greek food

Food Network Fan · 12-03-2007, 07:23 PM

My daughter has to take Greek food to school for her literature class. Any ideas?

BerryBaby · 12-03-2007, 07:40 PM

Baklava, Greek olives or something with feta cheese. Sorry, I'm not much help.

Food Network Fan · 12-03-2007, 07:45 PM

I wonder if I should try to make baklava or if I should just buy it? I have never made it before, but it doesn't seem like it would be difficult.

radiodugger · 12-03-2007, 11:03 PM

Here's a Greek Tomato sauce:

Ingredients:
5 cups fresh tomatoes, grated off of their skins with an old, metal
grater.
1 lb. ground lamb or ground beef (optional)
1 medium onion, minced finely
1/2 cup white wine
3/8 Tsp cinnamon
3/8 Tsp freshly ground allspice berries
4 cloves garlic macerated
1 Tsp or so Greek oregano
Greek olive oil
salt and pepper

Heat up a 3qt. Dutch oven. Add oil. Brown ground lamb or beef, if making
a meat sauce. Saute onion in meat, until translucent. Add garlic during
the last 30 sec. of sauting. Deglaze pan with wine. Pitch in tomatoes,
cinnamon, allspice, oregano, salt and pepper. Bring to boil and simmer
for 25 min. Serve over pasta with Mizithra or Imported Romano Cheese.
You may use Orzo (kitharaki) as the pasta medium; that is, if you do not
mind the sensation of ball-bearing like substances, trickling down your
gullet.

Note: This sauce, if made as a marinara, can be used in a myriad of ways:
poured over rotisseried chicken, lamb, etc.

Hope this helps some!

Radio Doug

Food Network Fan · 12-03-2007, 11:07 PM

Sounds good, I might try that for dinner some time. Might be a little too messy to serve in class though. Especially for my daughter, she is good at making a mess.