THRACIAN CUISINE

 Given that Thrace is a melting pot of different nationalities and cultures, it is not surprising that Thracian cuisine is extremely diverse, very flavoursome and sophisticated.�
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Thracian cuisine due to the large-scale cattle-raising has come to be associated with sausages (known as horseshoes) and the delicacies of pastourma and kavourma (produced from large pieces of meat boiled with spices and preserved in their fat). Ideal for winter dishes are the concoctions of pligouri (groats), trahanas (pasta [...]

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Monday, August 22nd, 2011 News No Comments

LAMB with herbs ( FRICASSEE)

The fricassee can be cooked by the neck or the sides of lamb. Food of spring when the herbs are more scented. It is eaten usually also during the summer .
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Materials
1 kg of lamb
5 lettuce
1 bunch dill
1 / 2 bunch mint
½ cup olive oil
1 onion
1 bunch fresh green onions
salt and black pepper
2 eggs
1 lemon
1 teaspoon flour

Implementation
Wash the meat, drain it, chop the onion and green onions, sauté in oil with the meat to catch up [...]

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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 Meat No Comments

shrimps with feta cheece

a very tasty summer greek dish ………

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Materials:
1 kg fresh shrimp
1 cup of olive oil
2 cloves of garlic
2 tomatoes cut into small pieces
2 green peppers cut into small piecessome pals of parsley
200 gr. Greek  feta cheece

Execution:

Remove from the shrimp the intestine that they have in the back with a toothpick and wash them well in cold water.In a frying pan, sprinkle with olive oil and fry the chopped cloves of garlic with the peppers, then add [...]

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Monday, June 6th, 2011 Seafood No Comments

sour cherries(vissino)

the sour cherries are easy to be made without adding water.

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Materials
1 kg of cherries
800 gr. sugar
1 cinnamon stick
1 vanilia
Execution
* Wash the cherries and extract the seeds by hand, with a fork or with a special tool.
* Rinse and place them in a saucepan along with the sugar, leave them for a night to draw their own fluids.
* The next day boil them together over medium heat, remove the foam while boiling until the syrup “ [...]

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Monday, June 6th, 2011 Sweets No Comments

Stella cooks swordfish fillets baked with potatoes in Greek TV show “Chefs on air”

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Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 Seafood, Videos No Comments

Stella presends “Kavala’s flavors” cookbook in Greek TV show “Chefs on air”

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Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 Videos No Comments

Stella Spanou on Greek TV show called “Chefs on air”

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Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 News, Videos No Comments

The award

A great excellence for my last book edition, “Flavors of Kavala”, “Gourmand World Cookbook award”, for best cookbook photography in the world category of the year 2010

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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 News No Comments

Awarded “Kavala’s flavors” cookbook

One notable award for Macedonia’s distinction motivated cookbook author, Stella Spanos..

The Paris Cookbook Fair held on March 3rd to 6th, at a meeting of the best cookbooks of the world, new cookbook by Stella Spanos “Kavala’s flavors” won the Gourmand Best World Cookbook Award in the category of photography , leaving 32 countries behind.

“Kavala’s flavors” cookbook created in collaboration with the former Kavala’s Prefecture with the aim of highlighting the taste [...]

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Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 News No Comments

Chicken with

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Materials:

1 chicken cut into portions
500 grams pickled cabbage
2 cups of Carolina type rice
1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
2 onions
2 tomatoes
1 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of olive oil
3 cups of water

Preparation:

Wash and drain chicken. Sauté chicken in olive oil, then after a while add the onions and tomatoes chopped, continue till you reach 10 minutes, then drop 3 cups of water. Cook over medium heat for about ¾ of an hour. Chop the cabbage. Put it [...]

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Sunday, February 27th, 2011 Meat No Comments

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