Feta Stuffed Zucchini Flowers

 

Ingredients:

10 Zucchini Flowers

Filling:

3 cups feta cheese, crushed
2 fresh mint leaves, cut in julienne
1 green onion, only white part
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 pinch red pepper
Salt
Pepper

3 tablespoon all purpose flour
1 large egg, whisked with 1 tablespoon water
Sunflower oil to fry
How to cook:

Gently soak all the flowers into the cold water. Remove and dry on paper towel.

Mix all the filling ingredients. Gently open flower, remove the pistil by snipping it off. Do not to tear the petals open and place 1 teaspoon filling. Then, gently twist and close the flowers.

Pour the sunflower oil in a frying pan and heat it up. Place the flour on a plate. Beat the egg with water in a bowl. First dip each one in the flour, then dip in the egg. Fry them until they're a light golden colour.

Afterwords, place on a paper towel to absorb any extra oil. Kali oreksi!

Saganaki

My wife's favorite!

Ingredients:
50 grams butter
60 ml olive oil
300 grams feta (or kefalotiri)
A large bowl of iced water
Flour, seasoned with salt and black pepper for coating the cheese

How to cook:

Heat the butter and oil together in a frying pan. Meanwhile cut the feta up to narrow fingers and put them in a bowl of iced water for several seconds. This will make the flour stick to the cheese and help to form the crust.

Put the cheese in the seasoned flour and fry until crisp and golden. The cheese will be melting inside. You have to eat it while hot. Kali oreksi!

Quick & Easy Aubergine Pizza With Greek Feta

Ingredients:

4 pitta breads

330 grams roasted aubergines

100 grams feta cheese, crumbled

Mint leaves, chopped

How to prepare:

Toast the pitta breads in batches until lightly golden. Drain the aubergines, reserving some of the oil, and whizz half in a food processor until smooth.

Spread aubergine paste over each pitta. On top, you can put the remaining aubergine slices and also do not forget to scatter on feta.  Sprinkle over mint, put the reserved oil. Kali oreksi!

Feta Stuffed Zucchini Rolls

Ingredients:

5 large zucchini, cut in thin slices, lenghways
100gram feta
2 tablespoons fresh mint, finely chopped
1 chilli, finely chopped
fresh rocket
juice of ½ lemon
salt & pepper

How to prepare:

Brush the zucchini slices with olive oil and grill in a pan until. Remove and allow to cool slightly. Mix feta, mint and chilli in a food processor and blend. Spread the feta mixture on the grilled zucchini slices, followed by a piece of fresh rocket and roll up. Kali oreksi!

Feta Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers

Feta is a kind of Greek cheese. It is like white cheese. You can use different kinds of cheese, but with this one I am going to use feta. 

Ingredients:

12 jalapenos, halved; pith and  do not forget to remove the seeds

300 grams feta

60 grams cream cheese

3 tablespoons honey, plus more for drizzling

Pinch of salt

How to cook:

Preheat oven to 400 and line a baking sheet with foil. Cut peppers in half lengthwise and remove the pith and seeds. Place the peppers onto the baking sheet. Mix feta and cream cheese in a bowl and put in microwave for 20-30 seconds, until softened. Add honey and salt and stir until combined. Transfer the mixture to the bottom corner of a large zip-top bag, snip the corner off, and pipe the filling into the peppers. Bake for 10 minutes and then turn the broiler on for 1-2 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool a few minutes.  Transfer the peppers to a platter, lightly drizzle a little honey over the peppers. Kali oreksi!