Fasolakia me patates (green beans with potatoes)
Ingredients (For 4 people):
1 kilogram of green beans
300 g potatoes cut into moderate pieces
2 carrots cut into washers
1/2 kilo of ripe tomatoes finely chopped
6 tablespoons of olive oil
1 onion finely chopped
Parsley
Salt
Pepper
Implementation
Wash, clean the green beans and drain them. Put the oil in a saucepan and toast the onion.
Add the green beans, potatoes and carrots, stir, cover the pot and let the food simmer. When the ingredients wither, add some lukewarm water and pepper.
Then simmer for 5-10 minutes and add the tomatoes and salt. When the food is ready, remove it from the eye and add parsley finely chopped.
If you enjoyed this recipe, you can try other fasolakia with potatoes recipes.
Cassolette of seafood
Ingredients for 4 persons
150 g of scallops
150 g of shelled crayfish
150 g cooked shelled mussels
150 g raw shelled shrimp
15 cl of dry white wine
1 shallot
40 g of butter
20 cl of heavy cream
20 cl of liquid cream
1 teaspoon of tomato paste
1/2 teaspoon ginger powder
1 pinch of salt
1 pinch of pepper
Implementation
Preparation time: 40 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Set aside 50 g of raw shrimp. In a saucepan, melt 20 g butter. Add the seafood, cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add 5 m of cooking if the seafood is still frozen.
Drain the seafood in a strainer to remove excess water (especially with thawed seafood). Melt remaining butter with minced shallot. Add the seafood and deglaze with the white wine, and add the thick cream. Season with salt and pepper and add the ginger powder.
In a saucepan, put the cream and shrimps. Heat over low heat until the shrimp is cooked (pink). Mix the preparation, and switch to Chinese if necessary.
Add the tomato paste and a teaspoon of cornflour to thicken the sauce. Mix and pour over the seafood, mix.
Serve in cassolettes or soup plates accompanied by bread crusts rubbed with garlic.
Harira (Moroccan soup)
Ingredients:
150 beef or lamb
5 carrots
2 zucchini
1 onion
1 potato
1 tomato
1 handful of parsley
1 handful of fresh coriander
1 cube of beef
1 can of tomato (140 g)
1 tablespoon of Ras el Hanout (spice mixture in supermarket)
2 doses of dye or 1 dose of saffron
1 handful of canned chickpeas
Pepper
Salt
Water
Implementation
In a cocotte, put the meat to brown a few minutes with a little oil.
Peel and cut the vegetables roughly, then add them to the meat; cover with water. Add the cube, the concentrate box, the raz-el-hanout, the dye, salt and pepper.
Close the coconut, and cook for 30 minutes after the whistling starts. Remove the vegetables and mix them, then put them back in the rest of broth; mix well. If it's too thick, add water.
Enjoy your meal!
Tzatziki recipe
Ingredients for 2 persons
1 cucumber
1 clove of garlic
1 bunch of mint and fresh coriander
4 tablespoons of olive
1 Greek yogurt with sheep's milk
Pepper
Salt
Implementation
Grate the cucumber and sauté for 15 minutes.
Put it in a salad bowl, add crushed garlic, mint and coriander finely chopped, put the yoghurt, oil, salt and pepper, stir and put in the fridge.
Serve very fresh with Greek bread as an aperitif, or as input.