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Northern Greek and Macedonian Recipes

The north eats differently: more peppers, more paprika, more pork, more pastry. Thessaloniki alone accounts for a large share of the Greek dishes people know by name.

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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 Gigantes plaki, Bougatsa, Piperies Florinis gemistes, Trigona Panoramatos, Giaourtlou and Kavourmas. 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.

Northern Greek and Macedonian Recipes

15 recipes on the site so far.

A dish of baked giant beans in a rich orange tomato sauce with parsley and olive oil Greek Main CoursesGigantes Plaki Γίγαντες πλακί · 2h 5m · serves 6 Squares of bougatsa custard pastry dusted with icing sugar and cinnamon Greek Breakfast RecipesBougatsa Μπουγάτσα · 1h 10m · serves 8 Greek Meze and AppetisersPiperies Florinis Gemistes Πιπεριές Φλωρίνης γεμιστές · 55m · serves 6 Thessaloniki trigona Panoramatos custard-filled pastry triangles Greek DessertsTrigona Panoramatos Τρίγωνα Πανοράματος · 1h 20m · serves 10 Thessaloniki giaourtlou kebab with tomato sauce and garlic yogurt Greek Main CoursesGiaourtlou Γιαουρτλού · 45m · serves 4 Northern Greek kavourmas preserved pork in a jar under its own fat Greek Main CoursesKavourmas Καβουρμάς · 2h 50m · serves 8 Golden koulouri Thessalonikis sesame bread rings on a tray Greek Breakfast RecipesKoulouri Thessalonikis Κουλούρι Θεσσαλονίκης · 2h · serves 8 Greek Main CoursesBakaliaros me Prasa Μπακαλιάρος με πράσα · 1h 15m · serves 4 A bowl of chilled Greek tarator yogurt and cucumber soup with walnuts Greek SoupsTarator Ταράτορ · 15m · serves 4 Macedonian giaprakia stuffed cabbage rolls with avgolemono sauce Greek Main CoursesGiaprakia Thessalonikis Γιαπράκια Θεσσαλονίκης · 2h · serves 6 A slice of Greek ravani semolina syrup cake dusted with coconut Greek DessertsRavani Ραβανί · 1h 5m · serves 12 Greek Meze and AppetisersSaganaki me Batzo Σαγανάκι με μπάτζο · 18m · serves 4 Greek DrinksTsipouro Serving Guide Τσίπουρο · 5m · serves 4 A bowl of Greek patsas tripe soup Greek SoupsPatsas Πατσάς · 4h 40m · serves 6 Greek Meze and AppetisersManouri me Meli Μανούρι με μέλι · 20m · serves 4

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