Blackcurrant jam

Ingredients 600g blackcurrants stripped off the stalks about 400g white caster sugar or granulated sugar juice of ½ a lemon Method step 1 If you don’t have a cooking thermometer, put a saucer in the freezer. Sterilise the jars you want to use. Tip the blackcurrants into a heavy-based saucepan with about 100ml of water. …

Arnaki Elassonas

These lambs are born of ewes of indigenous Greek breeds, and are fed exclusively on their mother’s milk. The antioxidants in the aromatic plants the sheep graze on give the ewe’s milk and, consequently, the lamb’s meat a distinctive flavor that makes it very popular among gourmets.   The meat comes from lambs that are …

Aktinidio Pierias

The delicious Pierias kiwi was first grown in 1973 on the Pierian plains, and it showed an amazing adaptability to the microclimate of this region nestled between Mt. Pierus and Mt. Olympus. The soil composition and cultivation techniques are the two most important factors contributing to the high quality of this fruit and its ability …

Firiki Piliou

These apples come from trees of the Malus domestica Borkh species that grow within the borders of Portaria, Makrinitsa, Zagora, Agria, Artemida, Mouresi, Milies, and Afetes. It is a famous small- to medium-sized apple with an elongated shape.   Due to its small size, Firiki is not easily damaged by the sun. It can be recognized by …

Katsikaki Elassonas

This meat is taken from goat kids raised in Larissa prefecture that are 30 to 55 days old and weigh between 5.5 and 9.0kg. The name katsikaki Elassonas can only be used if both parents come from the indigenous Capra prisca breed (or cross-breeds of this breed with males of the skopelos breed) that have lived in the aforementioned area for at least …

Tonos Alonnisou

The Greek island of Alonnisos is renowned for its excellent tuna known as tonos Alonnisou. The fish is sourced from the waters of the Aegean Sea surrounding the island by local fishermen, and it mainly consists of white albacore (alalunga) and yellowfin tuna.   Immediately after it’s been caught, the tuna goes through a process of …

Mila Zagoras Piliou

Mila Zagoras Piliou are apples obtained from the Starking Delicious variety in Zagora, Makrirahi and Pouriou on the eastern side of Pilios. The systematic cultivation of these apples started in the 1960s under the supervision of the Zagora Agricultural Cooperative.   They owe their distinctive characteristics to high altitudes where they are grown, special weather conditions and the use …

Hummingbird cake

Ingredients 225ml vegetable oil plus extra for the tins 300g self-raising flour ½ tsp baking powder 300g golden caster sugar 1 tsp ground cinnamon 2 cardamom pods cracked open and seeds finely crushed whole nutmeg for grating 2 very ripe bananas mashed 3 medium eggs beaten 150g pineapple chunks from a can, drained and chopped …