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Bourekia

Wrapped in handmade dough and filled with a mixture of yellow pumpkin, onions, cinnamon, sugar, feta cheese and olive oil, “bourekia” are fried in a pan with olive oil and they constitute an excellent appetizer, both salty and sweet!

Boxadakia

For this dish, the veal is sautéed with onions, fresh tomatoes, fresh mint, pepper, sugar and salt, and then it is wrapped in slices of fried eggplants. Apart from an amazing taste, this dish has an impressive appearance.

Tourlou

Made with potatoes, pumpkins, eggplants, tomatoes, onion, garlic and olive oil, and seasoned with salt and pepper, which are first fried and then boiled, this is a truly tasteful dish mixing all summer flavours!

Crayfish “giouvetsi”

The crayfish are first sautéed, with onions and red and green peppers, and then baked in a baking casserole with lid along with the pasta (could be spaghetti or any kind of pasta). The great taste is guaranteed by the fresh crayfish from the crystal clear sea of Samos while the special baking casserole preserves the aromas and flavours of the crayfish and diffuses them in the pasta.

Katimeria (pancakes)

This dessert probably goes back to the time when Samians left the island and went to live on Chios, since it uses a mixture of oil with crushed mastic that creates a unique aroma. The other ingredients are flour, warm water and yeast, olive oil, one egg and sugar. Once the katimeria are fried, syrup is poured on them and they are accompanied by cheese.

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