This recipe index page is a catalog of pandespani recipes ordered alphabetically. It is being constantly updated.
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Soups
- Brit delight: stilton & leek soup
- Carrot & ginger soup
- Chestnut soup
- Curried, parsnip soup
- Fish soup with saffron and wine
- Gazpacho, the chilled tomato soup
- Magiritsa with estragon – the Greek Easter soup with a twist
- Minestrone
- Onion soup
- Youvarlakia – Greek meatball soup
Vegetables
- Brussels sprouts
- Cool raita
- Green beans with cumin and ginger
- Pea and mint tart
- Perfect unpeeled fried potatoes ala French
- Potatoes (caramelized & roast)
- Spicy potatoes with red peppers
- Stuffed mushrooms in the oven
- Tabbouleh – salad with bulgur and flavoured vegetables
Appetizers & Dips
- Cool raita
- Crispy cheese pies
- Greek dolmades – vine leaves stuffed with rice and herbs
- Greek smoked aubergine salad
- Hummus with tahini and pine nuts
- Taramasalata
- Taramasalata mousse
Breakfast, Eggs & Bread
- Tiganites – Greek egg-less pancakes
- Brioche bun
- Donuts – easy homemade
- Tsoureki – Greek Easter bread
Tarts
Salads
Rice and Pasta
- Biryani – Indian celeb rice
- cannelloni (filled with meat & béchamel sauce)
- carbonara
- lasagna (oven-baked)
- meat cannelloni with bechamel sauce
- risotto all’ onda part I
- risotto all’ onda part II
- pasta alla Norma
- pasta with sausage ragout
- pasta with truffle sauce and olives
- seafood tagliatelle
- strawberry risotto
- tagliatelle with mushrooms – alla boscaiola
Fish and Shellfish
- Fish soup with saffron and wine
- Grilled squid, octopus and illex
- Kataifi shrimps in crispy net with aioli
- Marinated anchovies with lemon
- Marinated anchovy with ginger and lime
- Mini spicy octopus a la diablo
- Mussels (steamed with ouzo and saffron)
- Mussels with paprika and herbs
- Octopus in red wine and sage
- Oven-baked fish
- Salmon Wellington with asparagus and mushrooms
- Salt-baked fish (sea bass) with an ancient Greek recipe
- Sole fillet with white wine sauce
- Seafood (scampi and crab) parcels on lemon leaves
- Scallops with chorizo and red peppers
- Scallops with orange, ginger and avocado
Meat & poultry
- Bolognese sauce (for pasta)
- Braised veal with red sauce
- Chicken casserole in tomato sauce with mashed potatoes
- Chicken roast with lemon and rosemary
- Coronation chicken
- Cypriot meatballs with potato
- Double cooked pork shank
- Goat fricassee or lamb
- Meatballs (in mushroom sauce)
- Perfect homemade burger with handmade brioche bun
- Perfect pan-fried veal liver and the secret
- Roast leg of goat, boned
- Roast leg of lamb with potatoes – Greek recipe
- Sirloin with Béarnaise sauce
- Steak tartare
- Tips: cooking meat
Sauces
Marmalades
Desserts & Cakes
- Apple charlotte (with pear & quince)
- Caramelised apples in wine with kumquat
- Chocolate blackout cake
- Chocolate mousse – rich version
- Chocolate truffles – easy recipe
- Coffee flavoured cake with espresso buttercream frosting
- Crème brûlée
- Galette des Rois
- Lemon cake
- Lemon cheesecake with ginger biscuit base
- Lemon cream cake with fruit jelly
- Loukoumades – Greek sweet dough balls with orange and cinnamon
- Orange trifle
- Ouzo granita vs Gin ‘n Tonic sorbet
- Semolina halva with orange, cinnamon and walnuts
- Strawberry mille-feuille
- Strawberry pavlova
- Strawberry sorbet (with chili)
- Strawberry tart with fresh strawberries filling
- Summer pudding
- Tiramisu
Drinks
- Absinthe – the green fairy
- Bloody Mary
- Watermelon cocktail with ginger and lime