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A New Take on KOFTA

08/04/2012 By
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Ask for a Kebab in a Lebanese taverna, and you will most likely get a stick or two of beautifully minced lamb, onion, garlic and herbs, cooked over hot coals. It’s called Kofta, and because you need intense heat to seal the outside it is difficult to make at home. All too often, if the […]

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Courgettes Persillées

08/04/2012 By
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This quick recipe is one a friend and I invented one night, and gives a new slant to baby marrows. COURGETTES PERSILLÉES — 4 Servings Take four courgettes and coarsely grate them. Very finely chop two cloves of garlic and 2-3 good sprigs of parsley. Add to the grated courgettes and mix in. Sprinkle with […]

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Courgettes with Onions, Tomatoes and Potatoes

08/04/2012 By
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VEGETABLES FROM MARKET TO TABLE Although I am not a vegetarian, a lot of vegetables are consumed in our house. And I love them, and devising new ways of cooking them. It’s not the huge, clone-like unblemished tomato, aubergine, cucumber or courgette you see in supermarkets that fascinate me — it’s the natural, home-grown sometimes […]

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Cypriot Eggplant Parmesan

08/04/2012 By
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Recipe – by Matthew Stowell      Originally posted September 2009 As the name indicates, this is a Cypriot version of the classic Italian dish. When I was a cook in Boston, Eggplant Parmesan was one of my favourite dishes to make and, of course, enjoy at the table with a glass of Chianti or, before it […]

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Lentils, Cyprus Style

08/04/2012 By
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They say the simplest dishes are often the best. And in many countries the food of the peasants is the best: fresh ingredients grown near the dwelling, easy preparation and speedy cooking. What could be better? Within the walls of Nicosia, not in the tourist section, you can still find little cafés where Mama cooks […]

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Pork and Peas

08/04/2012 By
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Recipe from “Patrick Skinner’s Cyprus Kitchen”, illustrated by Alyana Cazalet   Ingredients  500 g lean loin or fillet of pork, cut into 2cm cubes 1 good-sized onion, peeled and sliced 1 tbsp flour 45 cl stock (use home-made if you can, or a pork or chicken stock cube in boiling water) 230 g peas (freshly […]

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