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Greek Christmas Recipes

The Greek Christmas table runs on two cookies above all, melomakarona and kourabiedes, plus a stuffed roast, christopsomo bread, and a New Year cake with a coin in it.

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The Greek year has a shape, and food follows it closely. The Orthodox calendar sets out long fasting periods and then breaks them with enormous feasts, and much of the repertoire exists because of that rhythm rather than in spite of it.

This page collects Pastitsio, Baklavas, Melomakarona, Stifado, Kourabiedes and Hirino me selino and others suited to the occasion.

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 Christmas Recipes

24 recipes on the site so far.

A slice of pastitsio showing distinct layers of pasta, meat sauce and golden bechamelPastitsioPastitsio ΠαστίτσιοMain Courses · 1h 40m · serves 8Diamond-cut baklava pieces glossy with honey syrup, studded with walnuts and a cloveBaklavaBaklavas ΜπακλαβάςDesserts · 1h 45m · serves 24Oval honey-soaked Greek Christmas cookies topped with chopped walnutsMelomakaronaMelomakarona ΜελομακάροναDesserts · 1h 5m · serves 30A pot of Greek beef stifado with whole small onions in a dark cinnamon-spiced sauceStifadoStifado ΣτιφάδοMain Courses · 3h · serves 6Greek kourabiedes cookies buried under thick icing sugar on a plateKourabiedesKourabiedes ΚουραμπιέδεςDesserts · 52m · serves 30Pork and Celery in Egg-Lemon SauceHirino me selino Χοιρινό με σέλινοMain Courses · 2h 5m · serves 6Cubes of Cyprus delight loukoumia dusted in icing sugar on a plateCyprus Delights, Rose and MasticLoukoumia ΛουκούμιαDesserts · 1h 30m · serves 30A golden Greek vasilopita New Year cake dusted with icing sugarNew Year Cake with the Hidden CoinVasilopita ΒασιλόπιταDesserts · 1h 10m · serves 12Curled crisp Greek diples pastry ribbons drenched in honey and walnutsFried Honey PastryDiples ΔίπλεςDesserts · 1h 15m · serves 10A slice of Greek karydopita walnut syrup cake on a plateWalnut Spice CakeKarydopita ΚαρυδόπιταDesserts · 1h 5m · serves 12Northern Greek kavourmas preserved pork in a jar under its own fatNorthern Greek Preserved Confit PorkKavourmas ΚαβουρμάςMain Courses · 2h 50m · serves 8Peloponnese New Year's Eve Fried DoughLalangia ΛαλάγγιαDesserts · 1h 50m · serves 8Constantinople-Style Cabbage SlawPolitiki salata Πολίτικη σαλάταSalads · 20m · serves 6A cup of Greek mountain tea with dried sideritis stemsMountain TeaTsai tou vounou Τσάι του βουνούDrinks · 13m · serves 4A slice of Greek milopita apple phyllo pie showing layered crisp pastryApple Pie in PhylloMilopita ΜηλόπιταDesserts · 1h 20m · serves 10Macedonian giaprakia stuffed cabbage rolls with avgolemono sauceMacedonian Stuffed Cabbage LeavesGiaprakia Thessalonikis Γιαπράκια ΘεσσαλονίκηςMain Courses · 2h · serves 6A whole roasted Greek galopoula turkey stuffed with chestnut rice fillingTurkey Stuffed with ChestnutsGalopoula gemisti me kastana Γαλοπούλα γεμιστή με κάσταναMain Courses · 5h · serves 12A plate of Greek ladokouloura olive oil cookies dusted with sugarVegan Olive Oil CookiesLadokouloura ΛαδοκούλουραDesserts · 50m · serves 10A round Greek Christopsomo Christmas bread with a decorative dough crossChristmas BreadChristopsomo ΧριστόψωμοBreads and Pies · 1h 45m · serves 12A cup of Greek faskomilo sage tea with dried sage leavesSage TeaTsai faskomilo Τσάι φασκόμηλοDrinks · 13m · serves 4Sliced sykomaida fig and walnut bars from the PeloponnesePeloponnese Dried Fig and Walnut BarsSykomaida ΣυκομαΐδαDesserts · 30m · serves 12Greek amygdalota almond macaroons dusted in icing sugarAlmond MacaroonsAmygdalota ΑμυγδαλωτάDesserts · 50m · serves 12A sliced Greek kormos no-bake chocolate biscuit logKormosKormos ΚορμόςDesserts · 30m · serves 12A small glass of Patras tentoura liqueur beside cinnamon bark and clovesPatras Cinnamon and Clove LiqueurTentoura ΤεντούραDrinks · 45m · serves 20
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