INGREDIENTS 500g of stewing steak diced Nouboulo diced or smoked bacon diced 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil 1 tbsp of tomato purée 1 tsp of dried Oregano 1 onion finely sliced 400g Tin of chopped tomatoes Handful of Olives Zest for the Skordalia & juice...
Paul James
Corfiot pastitsada
Ingredients 2 pounds boneless beef cubes Linguine 2tbs of olive oil 2 onions, finely chopped 3-4 garlic cloves, grated 1 400ml can chopped tomatoes 1/2 a can of water (Use empty tomato tin) 1 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes (Or more) 2 Bay leaf's 1 tsp of ground...
Corfu Cheats trifle with Kumquat liqueur
I'm calling this a cheats trifle purely because I've used a ready made custard....by all means make your own....but surely life is difficult as it is already. Ingredients 8 sponge fingers 7g Vegan gelatine crystals Syrup 200g Demerara Sugar 50ml Cold water ...
Crete dish
Antikristo served with Gamopilafo Ingredients : Antikristo 2 lamb shanks or shoulder lamb (Fatty piece of lamb) Mix of Cretion herb blended by myself: 1 tbsp of fresh Thyme (or dried) 1 tbsp of fresh Oregano (or dried) 1 tbsp of Marjoram (dried) 1 tsp of sea salt 1...
Greek Fishcakes with homemade tartare sauce
INGREDIENTS FOR THE FISH CAKES Leftover Skordalia Leftover cooked flaked Cod fillets ( I prefer white fish but salmon or tuna would work well) Breadcrumbs made from near stale bread (enough for mixture, coating & garnish) Fresh parsley finely chopped Fresh...
Corsican Chicken with Chestnut Stuffing & Tarragon Mayonnaise
The idea for this recipe came from reading about a town on the island of Corsica, called Cargèse. The island of Corsica is a territorial collective of France. The regional capital is Ajaccio, But it was Cargèse, a small town located on the western edge of Corsica...
Rum Glazed Almond & Raisin Filo Roll with Rum Cream
Ingredients Filo pastry (Ready to use )Raisins Almonds Icing sugar Syrup 100grams of brown sugar 4 tbsps of Rum (3 for the syrup 1 for the cream) 250 ml of double cream Knob of Melted butter 100 ml of water Method Roll out three pre-made filo pastry sheets and one at...
100% Delicious Santorini dishes: Apochti with Fava
Santorini Dishes. As I have largely concentrated on ‘Corfiot Cuisine’ through my own experiences of visiting this beautiful island in the past, I’ve had to dig deep and research about the cuisine of other parts of Greece and its islands. As you know theirs a lot of...
Loukoumades
Loukoumades is a popular sweet Greek dessert, the best way I can describe it is like a cross between a doughnut and a profiterole, without the eggs. On researching this dish I found in Ancient Greek literature, they were known as ‘honey tokens’ and were awarded as...
BRAISED LAMB KLEFTIKO WITH LEMON AND GARLIC POTATOES.
INGREDIENTS 2 lamb shanks1 bulb garlic (2 cloves thinly sliced )2 lemons (halved) retain some zest.1 tbs dried oregano8 new potatoes4 bay leaves200ml white wineGreek sea Salt flakesBlack pepper1 red onion cut into chunks.Olive oilA couple of sprigs of...

I also want to thank ‘Greek News and Radio’ for allowing me to get my Greek-inspired recipes that I have created from my humble kitchen in Birmingham, England across the Atlantic to you lovely people to hopefully enjoy.
I will soon be going back to the place where this journey started, Kassiopi, Corfu.
It’s here at this historically traditional little fishing village, just North east of Corfu where the idea for my blog “Recipes from my travels” was born just over a three and a half years ago.
Two years prior to visiting Kassiopi, I nearly passed away with a serious illness, I’m not going to bore you with that, but I was in a very dark place having had to retire from a career I loved…Being a Chef.
This story has been highlighted many times before but being here rekindled that passion to enjoy life once more…..five years later, that’s exactly what I’m doing…not taking life for granted as every second is precious and trying to enjoy and capture every moment like a photograph, not only for me to cherish but for others too.
This might not be my usual foodie article, but travel, food and life all come hand in hand to me…so please just bear with me, I promise I won’t get to sentimental lol
In just over three years I have taught myself how to use social media to broaden my knowledge, instead of just being nosey, my geeky ability has now gone from only being able to write swear words upside down on a calculator to stringing sentences along on a laptop. I’m a published author (not only once but three times, soon to be four with my new book all about Corfu’s culinary and cultural heritage soon to be published in the early part of this year )
Now my love for Greek food is common knowledge to everyone who follows my social media and this recipe is everything I love about cooking, no fancy sauces, no fancy swirls or drizzles….just simple no nonsense food that you can leave to slowly cook away while you take things nice and easy.

I also want to thank ‘Greek News and Radio’ for allowing me to get my Greek-inspired recipes that I have created from my humble kitchen in Birmingham, England across the Atlantic to you lovely people to hopefully enjoy.
I will soon be going back to the place where this journey started, Kassiopi, Corfu.
It’s here at this historically traditional little fishing village, just North east of Corfu where the idea for my blog “Recipes from my travels” was born just over a three and a half years ago.
Two years prior to visiting Kassiopi, I nearly passed away with a serious illness, I’m not going to bore you with that, but I was in a very dark place having had to retire from a career I loved…Being a Chef.
This story has been highlighted many times before but being here rekindled that passion to enjoy life once more…..five years later, that’s exactly what I’m doing…not taking life for granted as every second is precious and trying to enjoy and capture every moment like a photograph, not only for me to cherish but for others too.
This might not be my usual foodie article, but travel, food and life all come hand in hand to me…so please just bear with me, I promise I won’t get to sentimental lol
In just over three years I have taught myself how to use social media to broaden my knowledge, instead of just being nosey, my geeky ability has now gone from only being able to write swear words upside down on a calculator to stringing sentences along on a laptop. I’m a published author (not only once but three times, soon to be four with my new book all about Corfu’s culinary and cultural heritage soon to be published in the early part of this year )
Now my love for Greek food is common knowledge to everyone who follows my social media and this recipe is everything I love about cooking, no fancy sauces, no fancy swirls or drizzles….just simple no nonsense food that you can leave to slowly cook away while you take things nice and easy.
Paul James
Hungarian Goulash with Skordalia
INGREDIENTS 500g of stewing steak diced Nouboulo diced or smoked bacon diced 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil 1 tbsp of tomato purée 1 tsp of dried Oregano 1 onion finely sliced 400g Tin of chopped tomatoes Handful of Olives Zest for the Skordalia & juice...
Corfiot pastitsada
Ingredients 2 pounds boneless beef cubes Linguine 2tbs of olive oil 2 onions, finely chopped 3-4 garlic cloves, grated 1 400ml can chopped tomatoes 1/2 a can of water (Use empty tomato tin) 1 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes (Or more) 2 Bay leaf's 1 tsp of ground...
Corfu Cheats trifle with Kumquat liqueur
I'm calling this a cheats trifle purely because I've used a ready made custard....by all means make your own....but surely life is difficult as it is already. Ingredients 8 sponge fingers 7g Vegan gelatine crystals Syrup 200g Demerara Sugar 50ml Cold water ...
Crete dish
Antikristo served with Gamopilafo Ingredients : Antikristo 2 lamb shanks or shoulder lamb (Fatty piece of lamb) Mix of Cretion herb blended by myself: 1 tbsp of fresh Thyme (or dried) 1 tbsp of fresh Oregano (or dried) 1 tbsp of Marjoram (dried) 1 tsp of sea salt 1...
Greek Fishcakes with homemade tartare sauce
INGREDIENTS FOR THE FISH CAKES Leftover Skordalia Leftover cooked flaked Cod fillets ( I prefer white fish but salmon or tuna would work well) Breadcrumbs made from near stale bread (enough for mixture, coating & garnish) Fresh parsley finely chopped Fresh...
Corsican Chicken with Chestnut Stuffing & Tarragon Mayonnaise
The idea for this recipe came from reading about a town on the island of Corsica, called Cargèse. The island of Corsica is a territorial collective of France. The regional capital is Ajaccio, But it was Cargèse, a small town located on the western edge of Corsica...
Rum Glazed Almond & Raisin Filo Roll with Rum Cream
Ingredients Filo pastry (Ready to use )Raisins Almonds Icing sugar Syrup 100grams of brown sugar 4 tbsps of Rum (3 for the syrup 1 for the cream) 250 ml of double cream Knob of Melted butter 100 ml of water Method Roll out three pre-made filo pastry sheets and one at...
100% Delicious Santorini dishes: Apochti with Fava
Santorini Dishes. As I have largely concentrated on ‘Corfiot Cuisine’ through my own experiences of visiting this beautiful island in the past, I’ve had to dig deep and research about the cuisine of other parts of Greece and its islands. As you know theirs a lot of...
Loukoumades
Loukoumades is a popular sweet Greek dessert, the best way I can describe it is like a cross between a doughnut and a profiterole, without the eggs. On researching this dish I found in Ancient Greek literature, they were known as ‘honey tokens’ and were awarded as...
BRAISED LAMB KLEFTIKO WITH LEMON AND GARLIC POTATOES.
INGREDIENTS 2 lamb shanks1 bulb garlic (2 cloves thinly sliced )2 lemons (halved) retain some zest.1 tbs dried oregano8 new potatoes4 bay leaves200ml white wineGreek sea Salt flakesBlack pepper1 red onion cut into chunks.Olive oilA couple of sprigs of...