Recipe by : chef ssentongo

Here is your carousel post “10 Greek Dishes You’ve NEVER Heard Of” – I made them -market friendly for you, Chef.

COVER = Your Photo: Kleftiko – The Thief’s Lamb

That steaming shank in pot is Kleftiko. Perfect cover.

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1. KLEFTIKO – Stolen Lamb (Cover Photo)
Lamb so soft thieves could steal it without noise

• 1kg lamb shank, potatoes, carrots, onion, garlic, oregano, lemon, 100ml olive oil
• Recipe: Rub lamb with salt, paprika, oregano, lemon. Put in pot with veg, 1 cup water, cover with foil tight. Oven 160C 3.5 hrs. Meat falls off bone like photo. Serve in black pot.

2. YOUVETSI / GIOUVETSI
Beef + Orzo baked

• 500g beef cubes, 1 cup orzo, tomato sauce, onion, cinnamon pinch.
• Sear beef, add tomato + 2 cups water, simmer 1hr, add orzo, bake 20min till pasta soaks sauce.

3. STIFADO – Sweet Onion Stew

• 500g beef, 500g small shallots whole, red wine vinegar, tomato paste, cinnamon, bay.
• Sear beef, add shallots whole (don’t cut!), tomato, vinegar, slow cook 2hrs. Onions become sweet jam.

4. REVITHADA – Sifnos Chickpeas
Sunday chickpeas cooked 8 hrs

• 2 cups chickpeas soaked overnight, 1 onion whole, olive oil 1/2 cup, bay, lemon.
• Put everything in clay pot or covered pot, oven 120C 6-8 hrs. Creamy like butter, no meat needed. Cheap profit.

5. BEKRI MEZE – Drunkard’s Meat
Pork cooked in wine + peppers

• 500g pork cubes, 1 bell pepper, chili, 1 bottle beer or wine, feta on top.
• Fry pork golden, add peppers, pour beer, cook till sauce thick, crumble feta. Best with bread.

6. GAMOPILAFO – Wedding Rice
Cretan risotto cooked in lamb stock + butter

• 1 cup rice, 3 cups lamb stock (from your shanks), 50g butter, lemon.
• Boil rice in stock stirring, finish with butter + lemon. Creamy without cream.

7. KOLOKITHOKEFTEDES – Zucchini Balls
Greek answer to samosa – no one knows

• 2 zucchini grated + squeezed dry, feta 100g, mint, flour 3 spoons, 1 egg.
• Mix, form balls, fry till green-gold. Sell 6 pieces $8.

8. FAVA – Yellow Split Pea Puree
Not fava beans – Greek hummus

• 1 cup yellow split peas, red onion, olive oil, capers, lemon.
• Boil peas till mush, blend with oil, top with onion + capers. Vegan luxury.

9. SOUTZOUKAKIA SMYRNEIKA – Cumin Meatballs in Tomato

• 400g minced meat, cumin 1 tsp, garlic, 1 slice bread soaked, tomato sauce.
• Mix meatballs with cumin, fry, then cook in tomato sauce 20min. Serve with rice.

10. BOUGATSA – Sweet Cheese Pie
Dessert breakfast

• Phyllo or chapati thin, 500ml milk, 3 spoons semolina, sugar, custard.
• Boil milk + semolina till thick custard, wrap in phyllo, bake, dust sugar + cinnamon.

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Everyone knows Souvlaki & Moussaka. But these 10? Even Greeks keep them secret.
Number 1 is my cover – KLEFTIKO – lamb cooked 4 hours till it falls.
Which one should I cook LIVE this week? Comment 1-10.

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