Greek Side
A Greek side is a vegetable simmered in olive oil for hours, eaten at room temperature with bread. Lathera — oily — is the category. The oil is what makes it a meal.
Featured greek side recipes
- Fasolakia, green beans in oil — Iris · Athens, Greece · Green beans, tomato, onion, olive oil, an hour. Eat at room.
- Horta, wild greens — Georgia Vlahos · Heraklion, Crete · Georgia: dandelion, chicory, what the field gave you. Boiled, lemon, oil.
- Spanakorizo, spinach rice — Iris · Athens, Greece · Spinach, rice, dill, lemon, olive oil. The Greek pilaf.
- Lentil salad with onion — Iris · Northern Greece · Brown lentils, red onion, olive oil, vinegar, parsley.
- Gigantes plaki, baked beans — Iris · Northern Greece · Giant white beans baked in tomato, onion, olive oil. The Greek baked bean.
- Kolokithokeftedes, zucchini fritters — Iris · Crete, Greece · Grated zucchini, feta, mint, dill, fried in olive oil.
- Patates lemoniates — Iris · Athens, Greece · Lemon-roasted potatoes, oregano, olive oil, the oven crust at the end.
- Beets with skordalia — Iris · Athens, Greece · Boiled beets, garlic-bread sauce on the side, olive oil over.
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