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5 greek food traditions of christmas (1)
1. 5 Greek Food Traditions of
Christmas
By Stelios and Porfyrios
2. 1 . Egg-Lemon Chicken & Rise soup
Either as the first meal after Christmas eve
church services, or the first course at the main
meal of the day, this chicken and rice soup made
with the famous mixture of eggs and lemon juice
(avgolemono) is a familiar sight in Greek homes
3. 2 . Christopsomo - the Bread of
Christmas
Christopsomo (say: hree-STOHP-soh-moh)
literally means "Christ's Bread," and is a
fixture in Greek Orthodox homes at
Christmas. Great care is taken when making
the bread, and loaves can be simple or
elaborate.
4. 3 . Pork - the Traditional
Meat of Christmas
All over rural Greece, the hog slaughter is a
winter event, making pork a natural choice as
the traditional meat of the season. For those
who raise hogs and slaughter their own,
fabulous dishes are cooked around open fires
and hearths. The recipe shown is Lemon Pork
with Celery.
5. 4 . Melomakarona Cookies -
the Spices of the Season
Cinnamon, cloves, orange - a traditional
combination of tastes identified with the
holiday season - are the common factor in
these fabulous cookies that are (most
often) dipped in a lightly spiced syrup
after baking, then topped with sprinkled
nuts. In many parts of Greece, the term
"Christmas Cookies" means
Melomakarona.
6. 5 . Kourabiethes Cookies - a
Flurry of Sugar
Kourabiethes are sugared shortbread cookies that
melt in the mouth! Often made with toasted
almonds, they can also be made with other nuts
(walnuts, hazelnuts). They can be made in
circular shapes, crescents, made by hand, or
rolled out and cut, but the one thing all versions
have in common is that they are rolled in, dusted
with, or buried under a flurry of confectioner's
sugar.
