Greek Breads and Pies | Kalliopi's Kitchen

Greek cooking organises itself around the table rather than around courses in the French sense. Dishes arrive together, plates are shared, and the distinction between a starter and a main is often a matter of how much of it there is. The grouping below is a practical one for cooking from, not a rule anyone in Greece would recognise.

The dishes filed here include Spanakopita, Tiropita, Flaounes, Tahinopita, Tsoureki and Kolokithopita Epirou. Each one is written out in full, with the reasoning behind each step rather than just the sequence, because the difference between a good version and a poor one is almost always in the detail that recipes leave out.

Every recipe on Kalliopi's Kitchen carries the dish's Greek name and a pronunciation, its region where that is meaningful, ingredient quantities in both metric and imperial, and an honest note on what commonly goes wrong. Nutrition figures are calculated estimates and are labelled as such.

Greek Breads and Pies

22 recipes on the site so far.

A tray of spanakopita cut into squares showing green spinach filling under crisp golden phyllo

Greek Breads and PiesGreek Spanakopita Σπανακόπιτα · 1h 30m · serves 8

A square of Greek cheese pie with crisp layered phyllo and a pale creamy filling

Greek Breads and PiesTiropita Τυρόπιτα · 1h 15m · serves 8

Cypriot flaounes cheese pastries with a golden sesame-topped crust

Greek Breads and PiesFlaounes Φλαούνες · 2h 5m · serves 16

A golden spiral tahinopita bread dusted with sesame seeds

Greek Breads and PiesTahinopita Ταχινόπιτα · 1h 10m · serves 8

A golden braided Greek tsoureki Easter bread with a red egg tucked in

Greek Breads and PiesTsoureki Τσουρέκι · 1h 30m · serves 12

Greek Breads and PiesKolokithopita Epirus Κολοκυθόπιτα Ηπείρου · 1h 55m · serves 8

A rustic loaf of Epirus batzina cornbread with greens

Greek Breads and PiesBatzina Μπατζίνα · 55m · serves 8

A Pontic Greek peinirli boat-shaped cheese bread fresh from the oven

Greek Breads and PiesPeinirli Πεϊνιρλί · 2h · serves 4

Greek Breads and PiesKalasouna Naxou Καλαθούνα Νάξου · 1h 15m · serves 6

Kefalonia kreatopita meat pie in golden phyllo, sliced

Greek Breads and PiesKefalonitiki Kreatopita Κεφαλονίτικη κρεατόπιτα · 2h · serves 8

A slice of Epirus tyropita cheese pie showing a thick custardy filling

Greek Breads and PiesTyropita Epirus Τυρόπιτα Ηπείρου · 1h 45m · serves 8

A slice of Greek prasopita leek and feta pie showing layered phyllo

Greek Breads and PiesPrasopita Πρασόπιτα · 1h 30m · serves 8

A slice of Greek kreatopita meat pie showing layered phyllo and filling

Greek Breads and PiesKreatopita Κρεατόπιτα · 1h 50m · serves 8

A slice of Greek spanakotyropita spinach and cheese pie

Greek Breads and PiesSpanakotyropita Σπανακοτυρόπιτα · 1h 25m · serves 8

A slice of Greek kotopita chicken pie showing layered phyllo and filling

Greek Breads and PiesKotopita Κοτόπιτα · 1h 30m · serves 8

A slice of Greek hortopita wild greens pie

Greek Breads and PiesHortopita Χορτόπιτα · 1h 25m · serves 8

A slice of Greek melitzanopita aubergine and feta phyllo pie

Greek Breads and PiesMelitzanopita Μελιτζανόπιτα · 1h 35m · serves 8

Greek Breads and PiesFogatsa Kerkyras Φογάτσα Κέρκυρας · 1h 40m · serves 12

A flat oval Greek lagana bread topped with sesame seeds

Greek Breads and PiesLagana Λαγάνα · 1h · serves 8

A round Greek Christopsomo Christmas bread with a decorative dough cross

Greek Breads and PiesChristopsomo Χριστόψωμο · 1h 45m · serves 12

A loaf of Greek bobota cornbread, sliced

Greek Breads and PiesBobota Μπομπότα · 55m · serves 8

A loaf of Greek elioti olive bread, sliced

Greek Breads and PiesElioti Ελιόψωμο · 1h 5m · serves 10

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