Our top 3 recipes to cook when on a sailing holiday in Greece

It’s easier than you think to recreate some of your favourite Greek dishes when sailing on a yacht charter. When stopping in a Greek port, marina or mooring in a small harbour, you will always find markets and small shops with fresh local produce where you can buy the ingredients you need. All of our operators’ boats come equipped with standard cooking equipment which make it easy to whip up your lunch or dinner. Here is our guide to the top meals to cook while on a sailing holiday in the Greek Islands.

Cheese saganaki

A traditional Greek dish referring to any meal cooked in a small frying pan, Saganaki is easy to make, requires very little preparation and goes well as part of a light meal of other traditional Greek meze items. What’s more, the items are easily sourced either from a provisioning store at the marina where you are departing from or in local grocery stores. We’ve chosen cheese Saganaki as one of our favourite recipes. If you are island hopping around the Dodecanese or the Ionian, we would recommend going ashore and asking the locals what their favourite cheeses are and where to buy them.

Ingredients

Feeds 6

• 125g local Greek cheese such as graviera, kefalograviera or kefalograviera, but other local cheeses native to each island can be used too
• 100g plain flour
• 100ml olive oil
• Juice of half a lemon

Method

1. Slice the cheese into 1.5cm thick slices
   Rinse in water and roll in the flour, shaking off any excess.
2. In a small frying pan, add some of the oil and heat. Once moderately hot, add the dredged cheese and fry until golden.
3. Flip over and repeat on the other side
4. Serve with other meze items, such as olives, wine leave and bread

Giouvetsi

A traditional Greek dish made with either beef or lamb and combined with pasta, this is an easy to make, one pot meal that will fill up those tummies after a day of sunbathing, adventure seeking or hiking through the beautiful Greek landscapes. While this takes a little longer to cook, the flavours make it well worthwhile.

Ingredients

Feeds 6

• 1kg of beef or lamb, cut into edible chunks
• 2 medium red onions, chopped finely
• 2 carrots, sliced into small chunks
• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
• 1fl oz tomato puree
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 275ml red wine
• 1 tbsp grated cinnamon
• 120ml olive oil
• 250g orzo pasta
• 100g grated kefalotyri or crumbled feta cheese
• 100ml water
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method

1. Heat the olive oil in a pan on the stove and add the chopped onions and carrots. Sauté for approx. 5-minutes on a medium heat
2. Increase the heat and add your chosen meat. Cook until brown on all sides until crusty
3. Add in the tomato purée and red wine and cook for approx. 5-minutes until the wine starts to evaporate
4. Add the tinned tomatoes, water, sugar and cinnamon and salt and pepper to taste
5. Turn down the heat simmer with the lid on for about 45-minutes.
6. In the meantime, heat another pan, add 3 tbsps of olive oil and the orzo pasta and sauté, until golden
7. Add the orzo pasta to the meat and sauce and mix together. Cover and cook for 45-minutes, checking regularly. Add more water if needed

Greek salad

A traditional Greek salad isn’t just a flavoursome meal, it’s a beautiful sight! A proper Greek salad should be bursting with colour, as fragrant as possible, with hints of onion and oregano and fabulous in textures with crumbly feta cheese, crunchy cucumber and juicy olives. It’s also dead easy to make, so is perfect for a light meal on board after a day swimming and snorkelling or exploring the local sights.

Ingredients

Feeds 6

• 6 large ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges
• 1 whole cucumber, cut into inch slices and quartered
• 1 whole red onion, cut in half and sliced
• 2 large handfuls (approx. 20) kalamata olives
• 150g fresh feta cheese, crumbled
• 250ml of olive oil
• Pinch of sea salt
• Tbsp of freshly ground black pepper
• Tbsp of oregano

Method

1. Prepare all of the ingredients as listed 
2. In a large bowl, add all of the ingredients except the feta cheese
3. Toss with the olive oil until it is all coated
4. Crumble over the feta cheese
5. Enjoy!

Panagias Island, Parga, Greece

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