My Daily Greek Pie Diary Blog

Pies are very popular amongst Greeks around the world and in Greece. The two most popular types of Greek pie recipes are the ones made with spinach and the ones made with Cheese. Cheese pies are very popular in Greece. That’s because they are very easy to make.

There are many different kinds of cheese used for cheese pies. Feta cheese is one of the most popular types. Another type of cheese used is Kefalotyri which is rather hard, salty yellow. Most Greek pie recipes In this book contain feta cheese as the basic ingredient. Certain cheeses, like kefalotyri might be hard to find outside of Greece.

You can make a Greek cheese pie with any kind of cheese. It all depends on your tastes and what ingredients you have available. You can substitute the cheeses with other local ones as long as you use a cheese with similar characteristics. Read more »

Greek pie recipes are very popular in Greek and around the world. There are countless of Greek pie recipes that have been developed over hundreds or even thousands of years of Greek culinary history. Greek pies are very popular because they are very diverse. Their diversity stems from the fact that any ingredient can be used to make a Greek pie.

The one thing all Greek pie recipes have in common is the phyllo. The phylo dough is what is used to cover the top and the bottom of the filling and give the pie shape. Even though ingredients for the filling vary from recipe to recipe the phyllo is a constant that remains the same. Read more »

Rolled up Greek cheese pie recipes constitute a type of pies you probably wont find at any Greek restaurant. This type of Greek cheese pie is usually made by expert cooks because it is a pie recipe that requires a certain amount of skill. As you probably know there are many different kinds of Greek pies this is perhaps one of the most tasty ones. This recipe is perhaps one of the easiest of its kind. It is a good rolled up Greek pie recipe that can be made by a beginner cook.

The ingredients you will need to prepare this pie are 1 ½ kg of flour, a bit of salt and water. These ingredients will be used to prepare the phyllo dough. Then you will need to gather the ingredients for the filling. These should be 1 kg of crumbled feta cheese, ½ cup of oil and ½ cup of vegetable butter. Read more »

Spinach pies recipe are perhaps the most popular of all Greek pie recipes. Every Greek restaurant in the world will probably have a spinach pie recipe or two in its repertoire. The thing is however, that you don’t necessarily have to go to a Greek restaurant to enjoy fresh and tasty Greek spinach pie. You can make your own as long as you have the right ingredients and of course a good Greek spinach pie recipe. The two basic ingredients you will need to make a spinach pie is the filling and the phyllo or phyllo dough. There are countless variations of both the phyllo and filling. What will follow is two variations of Greek spinach pie, one regular with cheese and eggs and a vegan recipe. Both recipes are absolutely delicious and healthy. Read more »

Spanakopita is one of my favorites. First, because it harnesses the luscious combination of spinach and feta. Spanakopita is a blend of spinach and Feta cheese wrapped in crispy flaky layers of pastry filo dough. It is served with a small Greek salad and Pita bread. Spanakopita recipes are very popular in Greece. The roots of Greek pitas like spanakopita or the Greek spinach pies can be traced back to ancient times. Read more »

My favourite pie is the tiropita. The Tiropita is a feta cheese pie, also in filo. Tiropita is one of the all time favourite Greek recipes. You can make tyropita in many different ways. Tiropita is a Greek type of cheese pies recipes, made of filo dough with feta cheese in the middle. It’s not as high in carbs as you might think because the filo is so thin, but probably the South Beach Diet police wouldn’t approve. Read more »