Lucio Galletto & David Dale, “Coastline: The Mediterranean Food of Italy, France & Spain”, 2017 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Marian Elbert, “Pesco-Mediterranean Cookbook”,2024 was also the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Jose Andres, “Zaytinya: Delicious Mediterranean Dishes from Greece, Turkey, and Lebanon”, 2024.
INTRODUCTION.
This cookbook contains eleven (11) chapters of Mediterranean recipes from Greece, Turkey and Lebanon. The “table of contents” of the cookbook is shown BELOW.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Introduction
- The Fundamentals & the Flavors
Yogurt and Labneh Cheeses Rice, Beans, Legumes, and Grains Dried and Fresh Herbs Spices Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts Sweeteners Olive Oil Help in the Kitchen Recipes: Spices, Pickles, and Condiments Lebanese Seven Spice Golden Baharat Sumac Rose Spice Hawayej Mushroom Garlic Salt Garlic Confit Harissa Chili Crisp Green Mint Oil Sumac Onions Pickled Red Onions Preserved Lemons Cardamom Apricots Turmeric Pickled Vegetables Summer Pickled Vegetables Oven-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes Cypriot Olive Mix Spiced Smoked Walnuts Candied Walnuts
- Spreads, Sauces & Cheese
Hommus Butternut Hommus Hommus with Spiced Lamb: Hommus ma Lahm Tzatziki Spring Pea Tzatziki White Asparagus Tzatziki Baba Ghannouge Roasted Pepper and Walnut Spread: Muhammara Creamy Caviar Spread: Taramosalata Lemon-Honey Dressing: Ladolemono Whipped Labneh Yellow Split Pea Spread: Fava Santorini Roasted Red Pepper and Feta Spread: Htipiti Vegetable Ezme Sauce Tahini Sauce Herbed Tahini Sauce Toum: Whipped Garlic Sauce Harissa Garlicky Potato Spread: Skordalia Celery Root Skordalia Yellow Squash Skordalia Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce Spiced Tomato Sauce An Eastern Mediterranean Cheese Plate Seared Halloumi with Citrus and Dates Manouri Cream with Beets and Walnuts Fresh Goat Cheese Shanklish
- Salads & Soups
Lemony Greens Salad: Horta Salata Fattoush Tabbouleh Watermelon and Feta Salad: Karpouzi me Feta Greek Mixed Lettuce Salad: Maroulosalata Olive, Walnut, and Tomato Salad Roasted Beet Salad: Patzarosalata Asparagus Salad Citrus and Olive Salad: Portakal Salatasi Circassian Chicken Salad: Çerkez Tavuğu Chicken Soup Avgolemono Chicken Stock Red Lentil Soup: Mercimek Çorbasi Tomato and Trahana Soup Chilled Yogurt Soup Cucumber Melon Soup
- Breads & Phyllo OneDough Three Ways Za’atar Pide Za’atar Oil Soujouk Pide Halloumi Pide Briami Pide Mushroom Flatbread: Lahmacun Phyllo Spanakopita Lamb Kleftiko Greens Phyllo Pie: Hortopita Lavash
- Rice, Beans, Grains & Eggs Rice and Tomato Stuffed Grape Leaves: Dolmades Saffron Pilaf Crispy Shallots Spiced Lentils and Rice: Mujadara Falafel White Bean Stew: Piyaz Wheat Berry Kısir Chicken Freekeh Spiced Peppers, Tomatoes, and Eggs: Shakshouka Greek-Style Omeleta Turkish Tomato and Egg Scramble: Menemen Turkish Eggs with Yogurt and Chili Crisp: Çilb
- Vegetables Braised Artichokes and Spring Vegetables: Zeytinyağlı Enginar Turkish Stuffed Eggplant: İmam Bayıldı Crispy Brussels Sprouts Afelia Greek Zucchini Fritters: Kolokythokeftedes Carrot Fritters with Pistachio Sauce: Havuç Köftesi Golden Spice Cauliflower Okra and Tomato Stew: Bamya Crispy Fried Eggplant with Yogurt: Batijan Bil Laban Grilled Asparagus with Smoked Labneh Cypriot-Style Potatoes with Coriander and Wine: Patates Antinahtes Smoky Mushroom Kapnista The Smoking Section Tomato Saganaki Broccoli Saganaki Mushroom Saganaki
- Seafood The Ultimate Seafood Avgotaraho and Squid Ink Pasta Octopus Santorini Fried Squid Lobster Tzatziki Buttery Shrimp with Dill: Garides Me Ánitho Crab Cakes with Garlic-Yogurt Sauce Seared Scallops with Tzatziki Fried Mussels with Walnut Tarator Sauce: Midye Tava Oyster Saganaki Shrimp Saganaki Seared Sea Bass Smoked Salmon Skordalia Cod Steamed in Grape Leaves: Bakaliaros Se Klimatofila Sesame Salmon
- Meats Marinated Chicken Kebabs: Shish Taouk Lamb Baharat Kebabs Grilled Lamb Chops Chicken Dürüm Braised Lamb with Creamy Eggplant: Hünkâr Beğendi Kibbeh Kibbeh Nayeh: Chopped Beef Salad Pastirma with Apricots Shawarma Spice Roast Chicken Chicken Youvetsi Savory Dumplings in Yogurt Sauce: Manti Meatballs in Spiced Tomato Sauce: Soutzoukakia
- Family & Fire Roasted Lamb Shoulder Seven Spice Lamb Leg with Lemon Potatoes Grilled Whole Fish Celebration Rice Lamb Shanks Greek Fish Soup: Psarosoupa Slow-Roasted, Pastirma-Style Rib Eyes Lamb and Eggplant Pie: Moussakapita Adana Kebab Köfte Kebab to Cook Kebabs to Grill Tomatoes
- Sweets, Tea & Coffee Almond Cookies: Amygdalota Olive Oil and Honey Cookies: Melomakarona Greek Butter Cookies: Koulourakia Greek Yogurt with Apricots Turkish Coffee Chocolate Cake Olive Oil Cake Walnut Delight Sweet Phyllo Crisps Mastic Ice Cream Walnut Ice Cream
- Wines, Spirits & Cocktails Every Time I Open a Bottle of Wine, It Is an Amazing Trip Somewhere. Lemonade Cocktail-Style Drink Black Cardamom Syrup Sidecar to Tangier Spice-Infused Metaxa Pomona Pom-Fili Lebanese Sour Spirits to Sip: Ouzo, Arak, and Raki Minoan Sour Simple Syrup Mastiha and Tonic
Here I presented: Jose Andres, “Zaytinya: Delicious Mediterranean Dishes from Greece, Turkey, and Lebanon”, 2024.
COMMENTS.
Greek cuisine is cuisine of Greece and the Greek diaspora. In common with many other cuisines of the Mediterranean it is founded on the triad of: wheat, olive oil and wine. The map of the Mediterranean Basin covers three (3) continents: Africa, Asia & Europe. This area is popular with cookbook writers; and, this cookbook shows recipes why Mediterranean foods are popular.
