Nistisima Recipe Nistisima : 10 Recipes

Menu du jour nistisima : 10 Recipes

Recipe Roxakia Portokaliou Nistisima (Lenten Orange dough cookies)

Roxakia Portokaliou Nistisima (Lenten Orange dough cookies)
It’s only a few days before Easter and this is the week we have so many things to do at home. Today, I am preparing Tsourekia and tomorrow I will be dying the Easter eggs and making the traditional Cypriot Easter Cheese breads, called[...]

Recipe The Great Greek Biscotti: Nistisima Paximadia me Sokolata (????????? ??????????? ?? ????????)

The Great Greek Biscotti: Nistisima Paximadia me Sokolata (????????? ??????????? ?? ????????)
Sick and tired of buying semi stale Greek cookies from our local Southern Californian Byzantine-Latino headquarter joint and in desperate need of a lent friendly bakery item, I came across (well actually I read daily) my favorite Greek-Canadian food[...]

Recipe Nistisima Papoutsakia/Eggplants Stuffed with Tomato, Onion and Walnuts

Nistisima Papoutsakia/Eggplants Stuffed with Tomato, Onion and Walnuts
The term papoutsakia is literally translated to "little shoes" and as these small eggplants stuffed with tomato, onion and walnuts truly do resemble little shoes (maybe even little ballet slippers) they are aptly named as such. There are numerous[...]

Vegan Tahini Muffins
In Orthodox religion during the 48 days of Lent, which is the fasting period, no animal products are allowed to be eaten. Fasting doesn’t have to be boring or a torture, so I am always trying to create something out of the usual.[...]

Recipe Gemista (Stuffed Tomatoes) and a Well Balanced 3 Course Meal

Gemista (Stuffed Tomatoes) and a Well Balanced 3 Course Meal
Gemista, means ?filled? or ?stuffed? vegetables such as, peppers, eggplants, courgettes, onions etc. The filling can be a meat based one, usually with minced beef and rice but I always prefer to make them vegetarian. Gemista fall[...]

Citrus Halvas with Coconut
Today is the beginning on Lent and the fasting period starts today on Kathara Deftera (Clean Monday). If you want to find more Lenten Recipes, I have made a post in the past and I shall try to update it with more recipes in a few days. One of my[...]

Recipe Fanouropita with Tahini (Vegan Cake)

Fanouropita with Tahini (Vegan Cake)
? wish to thank you all for your lovely messages, either private, here or at facebook. Although I still need some time to grieve, I want to share the following post with you in memory of my late brother. The funeral will be tomorrow at Sydney,[...]

Recipe Lagana Flatbread with Olives & Rosemary

Lagana Flatbread with Olives & Rosemary
Lagana is a delicious flatbread which is usually baked on the first day of Lent of the Orthodox Easter. This year I wanted to make something different from the classic Lagana so I made it with olives and rosemary. I prepared it from the previous[...]

Recipe Mini Apple Turnovers with Homemade Apple Sauce

Mini Apple Turnovers with Homemade Apple Sauce
A few months ago when I was going to make a savory recipe I noticed that one of the ingredients required was apple sauce. I’ve never seen apple sauce sold in Greece so after a google search and reading a few recipes, I realized that[...]