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🇬🇷 Traditional dishes from Greece

3 dishes people actually cook in Greece: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Moussaka

120 min · hard · 10 ingredients

Moussaka, a traditional dish from Greece

Aubergine and lamb under a browned béchamel.

  • 3 aubergines
  • 600 g lamb mince
  • 1 onion
  • 400 g ripe tomatoes
  • 100 ml red wine
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 60 g butter
  • 60 g plain flour
  • 700 ml whole milk
  • 2 eggs

Horiatiki

15 min · easy · 8 ingredients

Horiatiki, a traditional dish from Greece

The village salad, no leaves, all oil.

  • 500 g ripe tomatoes
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1 red onion
  • 200 g feta
  • 80 g kalamata olives
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 5 tbsp olive oil

Gigantes plaki

90 min · easy · 8 ingredients

Gigantes plaki, a traditional dish from Greece

Big beans baked in tomato and dill.

  • 300 g dried butter beans
  • 400 g ripe tomatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 1 carrot
  • 3 garlic
  • 1 fresh dill
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 5 tbsp olive oil

What do people eat in Greece?

The three dishes from Greece documented in Copper are Moussaka, Horiatiki and Gigantes plaki. Ripe tomatoes and olive oil each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are baked. Two of the three need an oven. Between them they use 22 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Greece?

The three recipes need 22 ingredients between them, of which 3 are shared by more than one dish. Ripe tomatoes is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 11 use ripe tomatoes. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Greece take?

Horiatiki is the quickest at 15 minutes. Moussaka is the longest at 120 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 90 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Greece is easiest to make at home?

Horiatiki and Gigantes plaki are rated easy — start there. The full method is on each recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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