Schinoussa produces excellent farming products (beef, pork, cheeses such as ladotyri, xinotyro and kopanisti, and honey) but is especially famed for its goat’s meat, split peas, cow pea pods and its dry farming cucumbers–which have a very particular taste.
They are all served in tavernas but are also available in local shops.
Top of the list of local dishes are patatato (goat’s meat with potatoes and herbs casserole), chtapodi giouvetsi (baked octopus with pasta) and pitaridia (home-made pasta boiled in goat’s milk).
At Easter, lamb is baked in an earth oven with rice and herbs,and is accompanied by melitinia (pies with cream cheese, egg and sugar).
At weddings, they offer pasteli (sesame seed and honey candy), xerotigana (fried dumplings with honey) and rakomelo (raki spirit with honey)–which is also served in local establishments.
Fava, the puree made from the chickpea, is a staple Lenten dish because it contains many vitamins. A chef ...
Fava, the puree made from the chickpea, is a staple Lenten dish because it contains many vitamins. A chef shares four recipes using fava from Schinoussa. Classic Schinoussa Fava Recipe 500 gr fava (Sc ...
Recipe for a delightful Easter dessert of the isles of the Cyclades. At Easter, the culinary tradition fe ...
Recipe for a delightful Easter dessert of the isles of the Cyclades. At Easter, the culinary tradition features a range of desserts from the must-Easter sweet bread tsoureki and butter cookies, koulou ...
Ingredients For the dumplings: 1 kg. all-purpose flour 1 tsp salt a little olive oil enough water to make ...
Ingredients For the dumplings: 1 kg. all-purpose flour 1 tsp salt a little olive oil enough water to make a smooth dough corn oil for the frying pan For the syrup: 2 water glasses of sugar 3 glasses o ...
Ingredients 2½ kg goat (shoulder or leg) cut in chunks with the bone 1 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 onion ...
Ingredients 2½ kg goat (shoulder or leg) cut in chunks with the bone 1 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 onions, chopped finely 6 cloves garlic, crushed 2 potatoes, peeled and coarsely cut 2 cups of tomato ...
Ingredients 1kg of fava 2 onions olive oil salt lemon capers Directions Wash the fava thoroughly and plac ...
Ingredients 1kg of fava 2 onions olive oil salt lemon capers Directions Wash the fava thoroughly and place it in a pan with two liters of water. Turn the heat on high and whisk the froth once it comes ...
