Greek Breakfast
A Greek breakfast is small and sharp — yogurt with thyme honey, a slice of feta on a tomato, koulouri from a paper bag on the way to work. Maria Stavros will tell you yogurt was Greek long before it was a marketing word.
Featured greek breakfast recipes
- Strained yogurt, thyme honey — Maria Stavros · Kalamata, Greece · Maria: yogurt, walnut, thyme honey. The original — not the marketing.
- Koulouri, sesame ring — Iris · Thessaloniki, Greece · Bread ring, sesame coat, eaten standing up on the way to a bus.
- Tiropita, cheese pie — Iris · Athens, Greece · Phyllo, feta, eggs, milk, butter — the breakfast you eat with one hand.
- Spanakopita, spinach pie — Iris · Crete, Greece · Phyllo, spinach, feta, dill, scallion. Cold or warm, both correct.
- Strapatsada, eggs and tomato — Eleni Papadopoulos · Santorini, Greece · Eleni: a Santorini tomato, an egg, salt, oil. That is breakfast.
- Feta with pomegranate — Sofia Manolakis · Thessaloniki, Greece · Sofia: real feta, pomegranate seeds, olive oil, oregano. Three minutes.
- Bougatsa, custard phyllo — Iris · Thessaloniki, Greece · Phyllo around semolina custard, baked until crackly, sugar dust on top.
- Greek coffee, briki — Iris · Athens, Greece · Fine grind, sugar in the briki, three risings of foam, drink no further than the bottom.
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