Clay Pot Cooking

20 Easy Recipes from Greece & Cyprus

1st Edition - G. Hadjikyriacou - 2017

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Table of Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................... 3

Lamp & Bulgur (Tavas Recipe #1)...................................................................... 5

Lamp & Rice (Tavas Recipe #2) ......................................................................... 6

Lamp & Potatoes (Tavas Recipe #3) .................................................................. 7

Lamp & Potatoes ............................................................................................... 8

Pork Neck & Taro .............................................................................................. 9

Salmon Fillet & Potatoes ................................................................................. 10

Mixed Sea Food & Rice ................................................................................... 11

Octapus & Potatoes ........................................................................................ 13

Chicken & Rice................................................................................................. 14

Chicken & Risoni (Giouvetsi) ........................................................................... 15

Chicken & Potatoes ......................................................................................... 16

Chicken & Beans.............................................................................................. 17

Chickpeas ........................................................................................................ 19

Sausages & Mix Vegetables (Spetsofai) .......................................................... 20

Greek Stew (Stifado) ....................................................................................... 21

Green Beans & Meat ....................................................................................... 22

Vegetable Soup ............................................................................................... 23

Bulgur & Mushrooms ...................................................................................... 25

“Red Beef” (Kokkinisto) ................................................................................... 26

Goat with Lemon & Herbs (Lemonato) ........................................................... 27

Tips .................................................................................................................. 29

Forager's Buddy – GPS Foraging ..................................................................... 33

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Introduction The purpose of this recipes book is to introduce you some easy-to-cook meals using a clay pot. All recipes in this book are traditional recipes from Greece and Cyprus. I love to cook, especially using a clay pot. To be honest, I’m not a professional chef, but an amateur one that loves cooking using ingredients (fruits, plants, herbs, etc.) naturally planted in my garden or collected directly from the nature. Moreover, I am a fanatic wild mushroom hunter. In 2015, I started the development of an android application called “Forager’s Buddy”. The main reason I developed this application, was to combine my profession (IT Engineer) with my hobbies. The purpose of this application is to help amateur and professional foragers mark their favourite foraging spots and routes using the GPS technology. For more information see page 33. I hope you find this book useful Happy cooking!

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Lamp & Rice (Tavas Recipe #2) Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

Clay Pot Capacity: 2 Litres Servings: 3 Ingredients:

o 500g lamp leg (boneless) , sliced in cubes o 1 Cup medium-grain rice (Carnaroli) o 2 medium finely chopped or blended onions o 2-3 teaspoons cumin o 2 sliced tomatoes o 1 ½ cups water o Salt, pepper

Method:

1. Put all ingredients into the clay pot, and stir everything together. 2. Preheat oven to 220 Celsius. 3. Cook at 220 Celsius for 1,5 hours (cap closed, hot air). 4. Stir every 30 min.

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Octapus & Potatoes Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

Clay Pot Capacity: 2 Litres Servings: 2 Ingredients:

o 2 small octopuses (Approx. 550gr) o 4-5 small potatoes o 2 onions sliced in the half o ¼ cup olive oil o 4-5 teaspoons balsamico vinegar o Pepper, oregano (or marjoram)

Method:

1. Pill and clean the potatoes well. 2. Put the potatoes and the onion into the clay pot. 3. Add oil, pepper and oregano and stir. 4. Add the octopuses (do not mix the ingredients). 5. Preheat oven to 220 Celsius. 6. Cook at 220 Celsius for approximately 1.5 hours (cap closed, hot

air).

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Goat with Lemon & Herbs (Lemonato) Difficulty: ★★★☆☆

Clay Pot Capacity: 2 Litres Servings: 2 Ingredients:

o 500g goat leg o 5-6 small potatoes o 1 big lemon (keep the lemon zest) o ¼ cup olive oil o 1 tea spoon dried oregano o 1 tea spoon dried thymus o 1 tea spoon rosemary o 2 tea spoons mustard o 3 big finely chopped cloves of garlic o ½ cup water o Salt, pepper

Method:

1. Pill and clean the potatoes well. 2. Put the potatoes into the clay pot. 3. Add the garlic. 4. Add the water. 5. Add the meat (do not mix the ingredients). 6. Add the thymus and the rosemary. 7. Blend the lemon juice & zest, oil, oregano, mustard, salt, pepper

and add the mixture into the clay pot. 8. Preheat oven to 220 Celsius. 9. Cook at 200 Celsius for 1 hour (cap closed, hot air). 10. Cook at 180 Celsius for 40 minutes (cap opened, hot air). Turn the

meat to cook on both sides, every 20 minutes.

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Tips

1. You can keep the remaining broth from meats of some foods to cook

other foods like soups or pilaffs. You can use it also as sause.

2. Right after cooking, take the clay pot out of the oven and wait 15-20

minutes before serving.

Forager's Buddy – GPS Foraging Forager's Buddy is a free application for android smart phones and tablets, designed to help users mark on the map all remarkable places, where they can find various kinds of wild food resources (Using the GPS module of the device). You can use this application in various outdoor activities like: wild herbs / mushroom gathering, hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, etc. Available on Google Play Store (Download)