Cuisine of the Ionian Islands

Cuisine of the Ionian islands or Heptanesean cuisine (Greek: Επτανησιακή κουζίνα) in Greece is the cuisine of the Ionian Islands region. It has more influences from Italian cuisine than can be found in any other part of Greece due to the long period of Venetian rule in the Ionian Islands.^[1][2]

Cephalonia

Notable dishes include:

• Andrakla (salad)
• Pissara (salad)
• Bourbourelia, mix of cereals and legumes
• Kreatopita (meat pie)
• Prentza, creamy cheese
• Omeletta
• Riganada
• Sofigado, meat (lamb or veal) with vegetables
• Tsigaridia, greens
• Tsouknidopita

Corfu

• Bianco, fish dish
• Bourdeto, fish dish
• Bourou-bourou, pasta soup
• Corfú, yellow cheese
• Niokos, type of orzo (pasta)
• Pastitsio, baked pasta
• Pastitsada
• Poulenta (Polenta)
• Savoro
• Sofrito
• Salado, local salami
• Tsigareli
• Noumboulo, pork tenderloin
• Polpettes, meatballs
• Fogatsa, type of bread (similar to Tsoureki)
• Colombina (type of tsoureki)
• Bianceta (dessert)
• Bolsevikos, dessert
• Mandola (dessert)
• Ginger beer (Tzitzibira)
• Kumquat drink

Othonoi

• Bianco
• Bourdeto
• Patatopita
• Pastitsada
• Poulenta

Lefkada

• Frygadeli, lamb meat
• Riganada
• Sofigado, meat (lamb or veal) with vegetables
• Salami Lefkadas
• Tsigaridia, greens
• Galatopita (dessert)
• Soumada, drink

Zakynthos

• Boutridia, vegetables
• Bourdeto (with meat instead of fish)
• Sofigadoura, vegetables (optionally with meat)
• Polpettes, meatballs
• Sgatzeto, goat meat
• Zante currant
• Frigania (dessert)
• Fritoura (dessert)
• Rafiolia (dessert)

Common sweets, often found in the Ionian islands, are pasteli and mandolato.

Gallery

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  Pissara salad (Kephalonia)
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  Andrakla salad (Kephalonia)
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  Tsouknidopita
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  Boiled asparagus (Sparagia)
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  Omeletta
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  Riganada
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  Tsigaridia
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  A mandolato
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  A type of pasteli
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  Different wines in Zakynthos
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  Starters on Corfu island, Messonghi village

See also

• Greek cuisine
• Greek restaurant
• Cuisine of the Mediterranean

References

Sources

• Γεύσεις Ιονίων νήσων

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History

• Ancient Greek cuisine
• Ancient Greece and wine
• Byzantine cuisine

Ingredients

• Basil
• Caper
• Dill
• Eggplant
• Garlic
• Honey
• Mastic
• Olive oil
• Olives
• Oregano
• Raisin
• Saffron
• Semolina
• Tomato
• Thyme
• Walnuts

Breads

• Daktyla
• Eliopsomo
• Eptazymo
• Kritsini
• Koulouri
• Lagana
• Paximadi
• Pita
• Stafidopsomo
• Tsoureki
• Zea

Salads & Dips

• Dakos
• Greek salad
• Melitzanosalata
• Pasta elias
• Skordalia
• Taramosalata
• Tirokafteri
• Tzatziki

Appetizers & Coldcuts

• Apáki
• Antzougies
• Bakaliaros
• Bouyiourdi
• Dolma
• Fava
• Gigandes plaki
• Kalamaria
• Kalitsounia
• Kolokythoanthoi
• Kolokythakia
• Kolokythopita
• Lakerda
• Loukaniko
• Loutza
• Noumboulo
• Octopus
• Pitaroudia
• Piktí
• Spanakopita
• Salami
• Saganaki
• Syglino
• Tyropita
• Strained yogurt

Cheeses

• Anevato
• Anthotyros
• Feta
• Formaela
• Graviera
• Halloumi
• Kasseri
• Kefalotyri
• Kefalograviera
• Kalathaki Limnou
• Kopanisti Mykonou
• Ladotyri Mytilinis
• Manouri
• Mastelo
• Metsovone
• Metsovela
• Mizithra
• Sfela
• San Michali
• Talagani
• Xynotyro
• Xynomizithra

Dishes

Meat

Bifteki

Britzola

Drunken chicken

Giouvetsi

Gyros

Keftedakia

Kokkinisto

Kleftiko

Kokoretsi

Kontosouvli

Kreatopita

Kotopita

Moussaka

Paidakia

Pansetta

Pastitsio

Pastitsada

Papoutsaki

Pizza

Sheftalia

Smyrna meatballs

Snails

Spetzofai

Stifado

Sofrito

Souvla

Souvlaki

Tigania

Yahni

Pasta (Zimariká)

Gogges

Hilopites

Flomaria

Makarounes

Kritharaki

Striftaria

Trahanas

Fish

Atherina

Bakaliaros

Bourdeto

Brantada

Garides

Grivadi

Glossa

Gavroi

Mussels

Sardeles

Savoro

Tonos

Xiphias

Soups

Avgolemono

Bourou-bourou

Fasolada

Hortosoupa

Lentil soup

Kotosoupa

Magiritsa

Manestra

Manitarosoupa

Psarosoupa (Kakavia, Grivadi)

Revithada

Trahanas

Omelettes

Classic omeletta

Sfougato

Strapatsada

Tsouchtí

Froutalia

Vegetable

Anginares alla Polita

Fasolakia

Gemista

Leaf vegetable

Spanakorizo

Tourlou

Tsigareli

Tsigaridia

Tomatokeftedes

Desserts

• Amygdalota
• Amygdalopita
• Baklava
• Bougatsa
• Copenhagen
• Diples
• Fanouropita
• Finikia
• Flaouna
• Galaktoboureko
• Galatopita
• Halva
• Karydopita
• Kourkoubinia
• Koulourakia
• Kourabiedes
• Lazarakia
• Loukoumades
• Loukoumi
• Melekouni
• Mandolato
• Melitini
• Melomakarona
• Melopita
• Moustokouloura
• Pastafrola
• Platseda
• Pasteli
• Spoon sweets
• Tiganites
• Tahinopita
• Trigona
• Vasilopita

Wines

• Agiorgitiko
• Aidini
• Assyrtiko
• Athiri
• Kotsifali
• Lesbian
• Limnio
• Mavrodafni
• Mandilaria
• Malagousia
• Malvasia
• Moschofilero
• Moschato
• Retsina
• Robola
• Savatiano
• Vilana
• Visanto
• Xinomavro

Drinks

• Kitron
• Kumquat
• Koriantolino
• Mastika
• Metaxa
• Ouzo
• Rakomelo
• Sideritis
• Souma
• Soumada
• Tentura
• Tsipouro
• Tsikoudia
• Zivania
• Frappé coffee

Varieties

• Ionian islands
• Cretan
• Macedonian
• Epirotic
• Kykladitiki
• Rhoditiki

See also

• Filo
• Greek chefs
• Food writers
• Kafenio
• Meze
• Ouzeri
• Taverna
• Greek restaurant
• Agriculture in Greece

Notable products

Avgotaracho

Florina peppers

Greek wine

Fava Santorinis

Kalamata olive

Krokos Kozanis (Saffron)

Menalou honey

Rodi Ermionis

Santorini tomato

Sardeles Kallonis

Tonos Alonnisou

Zante currant

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