BakingBalkan Flatbread (Lepinja)
Soft, thick Balkan flatbreads with a lightly crisp crust, made for tearing apart and soaking up sauces.
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BakingSoft, thick Balkan flatbreads with a lightly crisp crust, made for tearing apart and soaking up sauces.
SnacksFeta and ricotta between layers of filo brushed with butter, one sheet at a time. The work is repetitive and the payoff is a top that shatters.
PastaThe American cream version rather than the Roman original, and none the worse for it. The prawns come out of the pan before the sauce goes in.
SaladsTuna in oil, drained but not wrung out, and everything else cut small enough to disappear into it. The crunch matters as much as the fish does.
MainsEight minutes in the pan, and most of the work is standing the chops on their fat edge first. Render that strip properly and the whole dish tastes better.
PastaMilk before tomato, white wine rather than red, and three hours at a bare blip. A real ragù is a meat dish loosened with tomato, not a tomato sauce with mince in it.
MainsFour hours at a low temperature and almost no attention. Shoulder has too much connective tissue to cook quickly, which is exactly why it rewards leaving alone.
SaladsEverything chopped to the same size and laid out in stripes rather than tossed. The arrangement is the recipe — you dress and mix it at the table.
SaladsThree ingredients and nowhere to hide. Everything depends on the tomatoes being ripe and the mozzarella being fresh, at room temperature.
SaladsNo lettuce — a real horiatiki never has any. Chunky tomato, cucumber and pepper under a whole slab of feta, with nothing but oil and oregano.
SaladsAnchovy mashed to a paste, egg yolk whisked to an emulsion, and croutons fried in the garlic oil. No bottled dressing comes close.
PizzaNo tomato at all. Ricotta, garlic oil and mozzarella, finished with lemon zest and rocket so it never tastes as heavy as it sounds.