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Greek

For many of us, Greek food is our first taste of the exotic, experienced while backpacking around the Greek islands as a student. If this rings true with you, relive the delights of Greek-style squid and real taramasalata among others.

 
 
 
Baked Stuffed Cabbage LeavesServes 4-5

Baked Stuffed Cabbage Leaves

This inexpensive dish is a version of the famous Greek dolmades or stuffed vine leaves, given an English twist with minced beef but also true to the Mediterranean with the inclusion of cinnamon, marjoram and rice.

 
 
A Very Quick MoussakaServes 2-3

A Very Quick Moussaka

This brilliant moussaka will give your guests the impression that you've been cooking for hours, when in fact - thanks to a raft of ready-made ingredients - all you've done is a quick assembly job.

 
 
Aubergines Stuffed with MoussakaServes 4-6

Aubergines Stuffed with Moussaka

As Delia says, this recipe has plenty of imitators but all too often it's disappointing. Not here: rich, meaty, packed with Italian flavour, it does take a long time to cook, but that's the secret of a perfect Bolognese.

 
 
Dolmades (Stuffed Vine Leaves)Serves 4, or 6 as a starter

Dolmades (Stuffed Vine Leaves)

You can now buy vine leaves in supermarkets, so this easy vegetarian recipe just got even easier! It will take you to the Greek islands in seconds, filled as it is with all those flavours of the eastern Mediterranean.

 
 
Fried Halloumi Cheese with Lime and Caper VinaigretteServes 2 as a light lunch, or 4 as a starter

Fried Halloumi Cheese with Lime and Caper Vinaigrette

This is a great recipe to have up your sleeve for the unexpected vegetarian. Halloumi arrives in sealed plastic wrapping and has a reasonably long shelf-life, which means that you can always have a pack tucked away in the fridge. If you can get hold

 
 
Curd Cheesecake with Greek Yoghurt, Honey and PistachiosServes 10-12

Curd Cheesecake with Greek Yoghurt, Honey and Pistachios

Well, the title says it all, and you can imagine what a brilliant combination of flavours and textures this is. It's quite simply one of the best cheesecakes ever, and perfect for parties, as it's quite large. It's also extremely good topped with sum

 
 
Char-grilled Squid with Chilli JamServes 4

Char-grilled Squid with Chilli Jam

We have a tradition with some close friends that involves always having Easter Sunday lunch at Yetman's restaurant, in Holt in Norfolk, where Alison and Peter Yetman cook and serve my absolute favourite kind of food. Last year, we had this brilliant

 
 
Greek Lamb on the Bone with Aubergines and Rice PilauServes 4

Greek Lamb on the Bone with Aubergines and Rice Pilau

Bone-in leg slices of lamb, cooked Greek style, slowly in the oven with vegetables, provide one of the simplest and easiest supper dishes for entertaining. Serve them with pilau rice.

 
 
Calamares fritos (fried baby squid)serves 2 as a starter or part of a tapas selection

Calamares fritos (fried baby squid)

These are so simple – they take seconds to cook and are good served with Tracklements’ Chilli Jam. I buy mine ready-prepared (still frozen from the fish counter at Waitrose) so I can always have a stash in the freezer.

 
 
Greek Lamb baked with Lemon and GarlicServes 4

Greek Lamb baked with Lemon and Garlic

Taken from Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking, it's hard to believe how superb this recipe is when it's so, so easy to make. A handful of ingredients are transformed into a real Greek treat!