Our top 3 recipes to cook when on a sailing holiday in Greece
When you think of island hopping around Greece during the warm summer months, you are surrounded by images of golden sunsets on the deck of your yacht, drinking cold beers and cocktails and enjoying plates of delicious local food.
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.
Cheese saganaki
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
Slice the cheese into 1.5cm thick slices Rinse in water and roll in the flour, shaking off any excess.
In a small frying pan, add some of the oil and heat. Once moderately hot, add the dredged cheese and fry until golden.
Flip over and repeat on the other side
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.
Traditional Greek meat stew
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
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
Increase the heat and add your chosen meat. Cook until brown on all sides until crusty
Add in the tomato purée and red wine and cook for approx. 5-minutes until the wine starts to evaporate
Add the tinned tomatoes, water, sugar and cinnamon and salt and pepper to taste
Turn down the heat simmer with the lid on for about 45-minutes.
In the meantime, heat another pan, add 3 tbsps of olive oil and the orzo pasta and sauté, until golden
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.
Delicious Greek salad
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
Prepare all of the ingredients as listed
In a large bowl, add all of the ingredients except the feta cheese
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