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Epirus Recipes

Mountain food from the northwest: pies above all, made with hand-rolled phyllo, plus dairy from a region that has always been sheep and goat country rather than farmland.

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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 Spanakopita, Tiropita, Kolokithopita Epirou, Batzina, Soupa trahana and Giouvarlakia. 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.

Epirus Recipes

18 recipes on the site so far.

A tray of spanakopita cut into squares showing green spinach filling under crisp golden phylloSpanakopitaSpanakopita ΣπανακόπιταBreads and Pies · 1h 30m · serves 8A square of Greek cheese pie with crisp layered phyllo and a pale creamy fillingTiropitaTiropita ΤυρόπιταBreads and Pies · 1h 15m · serves 8Hand-Rolled Courgette PieKolokithopita Epirou Κολοκυθόπιτα ΗπείρουBreads and Pies · 1h 55m · serves 8A rustic loaf of Epirus batzina cornbread with greensEpirus Cornbread with GreensBatzina ΜπατζίναBreads and Pies · 55m · serves 8A bowl of Greek trahanas soup, thick and rusticTrahanas SoupSoupa trahana Σούπα τραχανάSoups · 30m · serves 4A bowl of Greek giouvarlakia meatball soup in avgolemono sauceMeatball Soup in AvgolemonoGiouvarlakia ΓιουβαρλάκιαSoups · 1h 15m · serves 6A cup of Greek mountain tea with dried sideritis stemsMountain TeaTsai tou vounou Τσάι του βουνούDrinks · 13m · serves 4A slice of Epirus tyropita cheese pie showing a thick custardy fillingEpirus Hand-Rolled Cheese PieTyropita Ipirou Τυρόπιτα ΗπείρουBreads and Pies · 1h 45m · serves 8A slice of Greek hortopita wild greens pieWild Greens PieHortopita ΧορτόπιταBreads and Pies · 1h 25m · serves 8Fried Metsovone smoked cheese saganaki with lemonFried Smoked Cheese from EpirusSaganaki Metsovone Σαγανάκι μετσοβόνεMeze and Appetisers · 18m · serves 4Epirus Soft Cheese on RuskGalotyri me paximadi Γαλοτύρι με παξιμάδιDips and Sauces · 10m · serves 4A small glass of Greek tsipouro with ice and a meze plateTsipouro Serving GuideTsipouro ΤσίπουροDrinks · 5m · serves 4A loaf of Greek bobota cornbread, slicedBobotaBobota ΜπομπόταBreads and Pies · 55m · serves 8Epirus Chicken with Leeks and RiceBourani me kotopoulo Μπουράνι με κοτόπουλοMain Courses · 1h 15m · serves 4Epirus Wild Greens PieBlatsaria ΜπλατσαριάBreads and Pies · 1h 45m · serves 8Zagori Batter Pie with FetaAlevropita ΑλευρόπιταBreads and Pies · 45m · serves 6Fried Bread with FetaTiganopsomo ΤηγανόψωμοBreakfast Recipes · 40m · serves 6Boiled Goat SoupGida vrasti Γίδα βραστήSoups · 3h 20m · serves 6
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