Pastitsio – Greece’s beloved comfort food

Discover Greek Pastitsio!

Do you like Greek food? Have you ever tried cooking a traditional Greek dish yourself?
If you’re ready to bring a taste of Greece into your kitchen, pastitsio (or pastitsio, παστίτσιο in Greek) is the perfect choice!

This hearty, baked pasta dish is a favorite across Greece . It is creamy, comforting, and full of Mediterranean flavor. It’s made with layers of pasta, minced meat in a tomato-based sauce, and topped with a rich, velvety béchamel before being baked to golden perfection.

It is easy to make, you can prepare it a day in advance, and in general, everybody loves it!

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Interestingly, pastitsio is often confused with moussaka, another famous Greek dish. Both have that beautiful creamy béchamel layer on top and are baked in a similar way, but there’s one key difference: pastitsio uses pasta, while moussaka uses eggplant (and sometimes potatoes).

So, while moussaka might remind you of summer vegetables, pastitsio feels more like Greek-style lasagna .

Ready to give it a try?
Below, you’ll find the recipe for this delicious classic from Greece’s rich culinary tradition.

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Cretan Dakos – A Delicious Greek Salad

Did you ever order a “Cretan Dakos”?
Greece is known for its delicious food, healthy dishes and lots of salads. One of the dishes you can usually find on the tavern menu, under “salads”, is the “dakos”. It is a traditional salad, from the island of Crete. But even if you visit other parts of Greece, you will now find the “dakos” on nearly every menu in Greece!

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A Greek Parsley Dip From Syros Island

A Greek Parsley Dip is something you need to try!  When we are on the island of Syros during the Greek summer courses,  the Omilo team and students love to go for tavern meals, trying different local dishes.  Today we would like to share a recipe with you ; a dip based on parsley.

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Tsipouro, Ouzo or Rakomelo? | Omilo

Tsipouro, ouzo and rakomelo are Greek traditional drinks.
One of the most common discussions among a group heading to a taverna is whether they prefer tsipouro or ouzo.
Both of these spirits are traditional Greek drinks with a long history and distinct flavors that pair well with appetizers and bring friends together at the table.

Click here to read the text in Greek, listen to the Audio, use the vocab list, and learn some grammar

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Learn How To Cook Greek Soutzoukakia!

Do you like Greek food? What about cooking a popular Greek dish yourself?
Let’s learn how to cook Greek soutzoukakia !
Below the recipe for a tasty dish from Greece’s great culinary tradition?

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The Greek Loukoumi and Halvadopita of Syros Island | Omilo

Omilo students attending a Greek course on the island of Syros usually take the opportunity to taste the traditional sweets of the island: loukoumi and halvadopita. In the capital of Syros island,  Hermoupolis , you can see many shops selling these delicacies; so enjoy those little sweets along with your Greek coffee, or as a small treat with a glass of water.

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How to make Greek frappe – the delicious ice-coffee

Do you know how to make Greek frappe?
During warm and sunny days and especially in spring and summer, Greeks prefer to drink the cold coffee instead of the warm  coffee.
There are many versions, but the easiest to make yourself at home, is the “frappe”
Also Omilo students usually love to drink frappe, and learn to make it while in Greece

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Greek Christmas and New Year Traditions

There are many Greek Christmas and New Year Traditions in Greece!  Here below you will find more information about those traditions.
In the meantime, in order to improve your listening skills,  you can click on the button below, where you will find the translation in Greek
as well as the Audio

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Pork With Celery & Lemon Sauce – A Greek recipe

Pork with celery and lemon sauce, is a delicious and typical Greek dish. Did you know it is also a great alternative for a Christmas table?
(vegetarians can replace the pork with mushrooms )!
Learn more about this Greek recipe and try once to replace your “turkey” with “pork” 🙂

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A Greek Recipe – Giouvarlakia (Greek Meatballs )

A Greek Recipe – Giouvarlakia (Greek Meatballs with egg-lemon sauce) is a great dish , now that the autumn season has started, temperatures go down and along with that, light summer dishes switch to warm winter recipes.
The Greek kitchen has amazing salads, fish, and seafood for hot days, but when it is getting colder, Greek people prefer oven dishes, warm soups, and meat.

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In contradiction to what you might think, cooking a Greek dish does not always have to be complicated.

Today we will teach you a great example of a simple and tasty dish, which you can prepare on a colder day: “Giouvarlakia”…..or Greek Meatball Soup!
In other words, we will prepare meatballs with egg-lemon sauce. The ingredients are simple and it does not take much more than half an hour to prepare.

Although this Greek dish is not categorized as “a soup”, actually that’s what it is.

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