Greek Christmas Recipes | Kalliopi's Kitchen

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

23 recipes on the site so far.

A slice of pastitsio showing distinct layers of pasta, meat sauce and golden bechamel

Greek Main CoursesGreek Pastitsio Παστίτσιο · 1h 40m · serves 8

Diamond-cut baklava pieces glossy with honey syrup, studded with walnuts and a clove

Greek DessertsGreek Baklava Μπακλαβάς · 1h 45m · serves 24

Oval honey-soaked Greek Christmas cookies topped with chopped walnuts

Greek DessertsMelomakarona Μελομακάρονα · 1h 5m · serves 30

A pot of Greek beef stifado with whole small onions in a dark cinnamon-spiced sauce

Greek Main CoursesGreek Stifado Στιφάδο · 3h · serves 6

Greek kourabiedes cookies buried under thick icing sugar on a plate

Greek DessertsKourabiedes Κουραμπιέδες · 52m · serves 30

Greek Main CoursesHirino me Selino Χοιρινό με σέλινο · 2h 5m · serves 6

Cubes of Cyprus delight loukoumia dusted in icing sugar on a plate

Greek DessertsLoukoumia Λουκούμια · 1h 30m · serves 30

A golden Greek vasilopita New Year cake dusted with icing sugar

Greek DessertsVasilopita Βασιλόπιτα · 1h 10m · serves 12

Curled crisp Greek diples pastry ribbons drenched in honey and walnuts

Greek DessertsDiples Δίπλες · 1h 15m · serves 10

A slice of Greek karydopita walnut syrup cake on a plate

Greek DessertsKarydopita Καρυδόπιτα · 1h 5m · serves 12

Northern Greek kavourmas preserved pork in a jar under its own fat

Greek Main CoursesKavourmas Καβουρμάς · 2h 50m · serves 8

Greek DessertsLalangia Λαλάγγια · 1h 50m · serves 8

Greek SaladsPolitiki Salata Πολίτικη σαλάτα · 20m · serves 6

A cup of Greek mountain tea with dried sideritis stems

Greek DrinksTsai tou Vounou Τσάι του βουνού · 13m · serves 4

A slice of Greek milopita apple phyllo pie showing layered crisp pastry

Greek DessertsMilopita Μηλόπιτα · 1h 20m · serves 10

Macedonian giaprakia stuffed cabbage rolls with avgolemono sauce

Greek Main CoursesGiaprakia Thessalonikis Γιαπράκια Θεσσαλονίκης · 2h · serves 6

A whole roasted Greek galopoula turkey stuffed with chestnut rice filling

Greek Main CoursesGalopoula Gemisti me Kastana Γαλοπούλα γεμιστή με κάστανα · 5h · serves 12

A plate of Greek ladokouloura olive oil cookies dusted with sugar

Greek DessertsLadokouloura Λαδοκούλουρα · 50m · serves 10

A round Greek Christopsomo Christmas bread with a decorative dough cross

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

A cup of Greek faskomilo sage tea with dried sage leaves

Greek DrinksFaskomilo Tsai Τσάι φασκόμηλο · 13m · serves 4

Greek DessertsSykomaida Συκομαΐδα · 30m · serves 12

Greek amygdalota almond macaroons dusted in icing sugar

Greek DessertsAmygdalota Αμυγδαλωτά · 50m · serves 12

Greek DessertsKormos Κορμός · 30m · serves 12

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