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Santorini and Cycladic Recipes

Volcanic soil and almost no rain gave the Cyclades their own ingredients: Santorini's tiny intense tomatoes, split-pea fava, capers, and cheeses aged in the wind.

Map of the Greek world with Santorini and Cycladic Recipes highlighted

Greek food is regional to a degree that surprises people who know it only through taverna menus. Mountain villages cook nothing like island ports. Areas under Venetian rule for four hundred years ended up with a completely different pantry from those under Ottoman rule. Refugee populations arriving in the 1920s brought spicing that had never existed on the mainland.

Dishes on this page include Fava Santorinis, Htapodi sta karvouna, Garides saganaki, Kolokithokeftedes, Revithada and Revithokeftedes. Where a recipe belongs clearly to one place I have said so, and where a dish is claimed by several regions at once I have said that too.

Regional labels in Greek cooking are honest approximations rather than strict boundaries. Recipes travelled with people, and most dishes have a version in every part of the country.

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.

Santorini and Cycladic Recipes

19 recipes on the site so far.

A bowl of smooth yellow split pea puree topped with raw red onion, capers and olive oil Greek Dips and SaucesSantorini Fava Φάβα Σαντορίνης · 1h · serves 6 Charred grilled octopus tentacles dressed with olive oil, vinegar and oregano Greek Meze and AppetisersGreek Grilled Octopus Χταπόδι στα κάρβουνα · 1h 30m · serves 4 Prawns baked in tomato sauce with melting feta and parsley in a small pan Greek Main CoursesGarides Saganaki Γαρίδες σαγανάκι · 37m · serves 4 Golden Greek courgette fritters piled on a plate with tzatziki and lemon Greek Meze and AppetisersKolokithokeftedes Κολοκυθοκεφτέδες · 55m · serves 6 Greek Main CoursesRevithada Ρεβιθάδα · 8h 15m · serves 6 A plate of golden fried Greek revithokeftedes chickpea fritters Greek Meze and AppetisersRevithokeftedes Ρεβιθοκεφτέδες · 45m · serves 6 Santorini ntomatokeftedes tomato fritters, golden and crisp Greek Meze and AppetisersNtomatokeftedes Santorinis Ντοματοκεφτέδες Σαντορίνης · 40m · serves 6 Greek Main CoursesMastelo Sifnou Μαστέλο Σίφνου · 2h 50m · serves 6 Greek Main CoursesHtapodi Krasato Χταπόδι κρασάτο · 1h 35m · serves 4 Greek Breads and PiesKalasouna Naxou Καλαθούνα Νάξου · 1h 15m · serves 6 Greek Meze and AppetisersLouza Tinou Λούζα Τήνου · 30m · serves 10 A bowl of Mykonos kopanisti spicy whipped cheese Greek Dips and SaucesKopanisti Mykonou Κοπανιστή Μυκόνου · 15m · serves 8 Greek Main CoursesRevithopita Sifnou Ρεβιθόπιτα Σίφνου · 1h 20m · serves 6 A plate of Greek ladokouloura olive oil cookies dusted with sugar Greek DessertsLadokouloura Λαδοκούλουρα · 50m · serves 10 Greek DessertsMelopita Sifnou Μελόπιτα Σίφνου · 55m · serves 8 Greek astakomakaronada lobster pasta in rich tomato sauce Greek Main CoursesAstakomakaronada Αστακομακαρονάδα · 1h 15m · serves 4 Greek Dips and SaucesSkordalia me Amygdala Σκορδαλιά με αμύγδαλα · 20m · serves 6 A roasted whole leg of Greek katsikaki goat with lemon and herbs Greek Main CoursesKatsikaki Lemonato Κατσικάκι λεμονάτο · 3h 40m · serves 6 Greek DrinksKitro Liker Serving Guide Κίτρο · 5m · serves 4

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