(Recipe by DimitrisLazarou, “Saltsa” Restaurant, Fira)

Ingredients
1 kilo Santorini cherry tomato / 1 kilo sugar / a little pelargonium / cinnamon (optional)
Instructions
Wash the cherry tomatoes and slightly prick them with a fork, removing as many seeds as possible. Boil all the ingredients together in a saucepan full of water on low heat for about 7 to 8 hours until they become a homogeneous mixture.
Tip: The syrup is ready when it leaves the spoon having a continuous flow and a thick slushy texture.

(Recipe by PetrosOikonomou, “Anydro” products)

Ingredients
1 kilo of unsalted manouri cheese (semi-soft fresh white cheese) / 750gr sugar / 4 eggs / 5 gr mastiha (or vanilla) / 500 gr flour
Instructions
Beat all filling ingredients together. Make sure you have already dissolved the mastiha with a little sugar. The dough you have prepared must be tight and the pastry sheet you are going to open up has to be as thin as possible. Cut it into round pieces, add one teaspoon of filling on each piece and “pinch” it with your finger to make foldings all around. To make it easier, with the index finger of one hand push the filling to the pastry sheet while pressing the pastry sheet with the thumb and index finger of your other hand. Bake at 200 degrees for 20 minutes.
Tip: You can use a toothpick to create more foldings.

(Recipe by VoulaKatsipis,“Kantouni” Traditional Café, Pyrgos)

Ingredients
1kg honey / Half a kilo almond kernel
Instructions
Boil and peel the almonds. Open them in half and dry them in a towel. Place them in a saucepan or deep frying pan with 1/3 kg honey. Stir them constantly until they get light golden brown. When the almonds are roasted, add the rest of the honey. Stir well. Once it starts boiling, remove it from heat. Empty it in a big plate and let it cool down. In the end cut it into small pieces.
Tip: When the almonds are cooked with the honey, sprinkle with water so that they do not get brownish.

(Recipe by VoulaKatsipis,“Kantouni” Traditional Café, Pyrgos)

Ingredients
1/2 kilo fava/ 100 gr Kalamata olives / 4 fresh onions/ 2 tomatoes 200gr hazelnuts
Instructions
Wash and boil the fava beans in a fava/water ratio 1/3 for about 30 to 40 minutes. Add salt, pepper and olive oil. Let it aside to absorb water. Remove seeds from olives and cut them into slices. Finely chop the tomatoes and fresh onion. Grill the hazelnuts for 10min in 190° C, peel them and crumble them into thick pieces. Spread the fava into a big plate, garnish with tomatoes, onion, olives and hazelnuts. In the end add olive oil.

(Recipe by DimitrisLazarou, “Saltsa” Restaurant, Fira)

Ingredients
½ kilo baby tomatoes or ripe tomatoes / 1 onion/ 5-6 mint sprigs/ 300gr farina or flour/ 200gr grated kefalotyri cheese/ Olive oil/ Salt, pepper
Instructions
Finely chop the tomatoes, onion and mint leaves in a bowl. Add the cheese and stir together. Add salt, pepper, oil. Add the flour and stir until the mixture becomes thick and creamy. Fry the mixture over medium heat in plenty of oil from both sides.
Tip: Let the purée ‘sit’ for about 4 to 5 hours before frying.

(Recipe by DimitrisLazarou “Saltsa” Restaurant, Fira)