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Corfu and Ionian Recipes
Four centuries of Venetian rule left the Ionian islands with a cuisine no other part of Greece has: sofrito, pastitsada, bourdeto, and a comfort with garlic, vinegar and pasta.
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 Sofrito, Pastitsada, Bourdeto, Noumboulo, Tsigareli and Mandolato. 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.
Corfu and Ionian Recipes
15 recipes on the site so far.
Veal in Garlic and Vinegar SauceSofrito ΣοφρίτοMain Courses · 1h 35m · serves 4
Corfu Beef and Pasta in Spiced Tomato SaucePastitsada ΠαστιτσάδαMain Courses · 3h · serves 6
Corfu Spicy Fish StewBourdeto ΜπουρδέτοMain Courses · 55m · serves 4
Corfu Smoked Cured Pork FilletNoumboulo ΝουμπούλοMeze and Appetisers · 30m · serves 10
Corfu Almond NougatMandolato ΜαντολάτοDesserts · 55m · serves 16
Kefalonia Spiced Meat PieKefalonitiki kreatopita Κεφαλονίτικη κρεατόπιταBreads and Pies · 2h · serves 8
Corfu White Fish StewBianco ΜπιάνκοMain Courses · 55m · serves 4
Corfu Fried Fish in Vinegar and RosemarySavoro ΣαβόροMeze and Appetisers · 40m · serves 4
Corfu Vegetable and Pasta SoupBourou bourou Μπουρού μπουρούSoups · 55m · serves 5
Ionian Rusk with Tomato and OreganoRiganada ΡιγανάδαSalads · 10m · serves 4Get one proper Greek recipe a week
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