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Greek Macedonian cuisine

The Macedonian cuisine is the cuisine of the region of Macedonia in Greece. Contemporary Greek Macedonian cooking shares much with general Greek, wider Balkan and Mediterranean cuisine, including dishes from the Ottoman past. Specific influences include dishes of the Asia Minor Greek, Aromanian and Megleno-Romanian, Pontic Greek, Slavic, Armenian and Sephardi Jewish population. The mix of the different people inhabiting the region gave the name to the Macedonian salad.

History
A continuation from the ancient period are dishes such as lamb cooked with quince or various vegetables and fruits, goat boiled or fried in olive oil: modern recipes from Kavala to Kastoria and Kozani offer lamb with quince, pork with celery or leeks. The arrival of Greek refugees from Asia Minor and Constantinople in the early 20th century brought also Anatolian and Constantinopolitan elements in the cuisine of the region. Thessaloniki has been city to a Sephardic Jewish community since the late 15th century, following its expulsion from Spain in 1492, brought with it the culinary tradition of Sephardic Jewish cuisine that blended Spanish, North African, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean influences. The monastic community of Mount Athos has its distinctive traditional cuisine uses bread, olive oil, wine, olives and vegetables. The Mount Athos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the oldest vineyard and viticulture of Greece for more than a thousand years. Thessaloniki is a UNESCΟ City of Gastronomy, has become Greece’s first city to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Gastronomy. Some current specialties are trahanas with crackling, filo-based pies (cheese, leek, spinach) and meat plates (such as pork, wild boar and buffalo). Others are tyrokafteri (Macedonian spicy cheese spread) and (cuttlefishes in wine). Unlike Athens, the traditional pita bread for the popular souvlaki usually is not grilled, but rather fried (information included from , Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO), 2004). Various products are produced from the buffalo meat. There is breeding especially around Lake Kerkini. List of the Greece’s PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) certified and PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) certified products and specifications are approved by the Ministry of Rural Development and Food. Greece for its Mediterranean diet has been added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists. ==Local products==
Local products
Selected local products are: • Honey, • Pligouri, • KavourmasPastourmasKiwi of Pieria, • Throumba olives of Thasos, • Agourelaio olive oil of Chalkidiki, bread • Paximathia, rusks • Ifkadia, the Thracian version of the pappardelle pasta • Couscous, with the well known the handmade couscous of Kalampaki. • Koulouri Thessalonikis, sesame bread ring (a type of simit). • Pinakoti, bread from Mount Athos in Chalkidiki. • Mussels, of Makrygialos, Pieria. • Mushrooms, of Grevena region. • Petroto, cheese of Grevena and KozaniKefalograviera, cheese of Chalkidiki, Florina, Grevena, Imathia, Kastoria, Kilkis, Kozani, Pella, Pieria, Thessaloniki • Feta, cheese of Chalkidiki, Florina, Grevena, Imathia, Kastoria, Kilkis, Kozani, Pella, Pieria, Serres, Thessaloniki • Kasseri, cheese of Chalkidiki, Florina, Grevena, Imathia, Kastoria, Kilkis, Kozani, Pella, Pieria, Serres, Thessaloniki ==Appetizers==
Appetizers
s Selected appetizers: from VertiskosBouyiourdi, • Eggs Vlachika, • Tomatoes with eggs, • Baked feta with honey, • Feta topped with olive oil and oregano, • Foustoroun with Kavourmas, type of omelette • Gkaikanas, type of omelette from Naoussa • Fried Bahovite peppers (Aridaia peppers), from Pella • Gavopsara Naoussa, eggplants roasted in salt water with mustard from Imathia • Itsli Kefte, Icli Kofte (Kibbeh), Itsli Meatball. • Kichí of Kozani, a type of cheese pie (tyropita). • Kolokythopita (zucchini pie) • Kolobarina, Kolokythopita without filo from ChalkidikiLoukaniko (sausage), • Manitaropita, mushrooms pie • Melintzanosalata • Mpoumpari, • Patatokeftedes, patato fritters • Perek pie, feta cheese pie from Pontic Greek cuisine • Pickled Macedonian green peppers, short green peppers in brine also known as piperakia • Red peppers of Florina, it can be roasted, sliced and served by adding olive oil and garlic • Red pumpkin with mpatzos. from Pontic Greek cuisineSkordalia, • SpanakopitaTabbouleh salad, • Tahini • Tanomenos sorvas, yogurt type of soup from Pontic Greek cuisineTaramosalataTirokafteri, spicy cheese spread or dip made of whipped feta cheese with hot peppers and olive oil • Tomato Triantafyllo, one tomato stuffed of chopped onion, olive oil, oregano, parsley, olives • TirokroketesTiropita ==Specialties==
Specialties
Selected main courses: • Arni me kydonia, lamb meat with quinces • Arni me spanachi, lamb with spinach from Kavala • Arni Κapamas, lamb with kapamas cooking technique • Agriogourouno, wild boar meat. • Beef stew, from Chalkidiki • Bourani or Borani, from Pieria • Buffalo in the gastra, from SerresBeef cheeks with pappardelle, from ImathiaBakaliaros, cod fish, the most well-known recipe is the fried bakaliaros mainly served with skordalia dip and fried potatoes. There is also Bakaliaros plaki. • Bakaliaros with wild greens, • Couscous, with beans and vegetables, from ThessalonikiTarhana with sausage and hapsopilavon (pontian pilaf with gavros fish), from Kilkis • Hirino me selino, pork meat with celery • Dolmades, also known as Dolmadakia or Sarmadakia, stuffed grape leaves • Dolmades yalanci, stuffed grape leaves without minced meat • Euriste, recipe with chylopítes (type of pasta) from Pontic Greek cuisine • Fasolakia, green beans that are simmered in olive oil with other vegetable ingredients, belongs to ladera which translating to "oily", vegetable dishes cooked in olive oil. • Fasoulotavas, recipe with baked giant dried beans called gigantes, a version is gigantes plakiFasolada, • Gemista, stuffed peppers or stuffed tomatoes. • Grivadi (kyprinos) with spinach, • İmam bayıldı, • Lamb with wild greens, from Chalkidiki • Leeks and rice with sour plums, • Lentils with bulgur, • Lamb with chickpeas, from Pieria • Louvidia with plivrimes, Greek Green Beans (Fasolakia) with pork pancetta • Mantza, vegetables • Manti, from PellaMakálo, meatballs with garlic sauce from Kastoria. • Makaronia with eggplant sauce, • Makedonian Tsomplek, • Manitarosoupa, mushrooms soup • Melintzanofa, • Misoúra, meat plate. • Moussaka, • Mussels with saffron, • Ospriada Makedoniki, a mix of legumes • Patsas, hot soup. • Petoura (petila), a type of hilopitesSardines with cabbage from Pieria, • Spanakorizo, • Pontic Magiritsa, • Siron with paskitan and garlic, from Kilkis • Soupies krasates, cuttlefishes in wine • Souvla, Souvlaki, and Kontosouvli, • Tas kebab, • Thracian Karvavitsa, from PieriaTigania, fried pork. • Trahanas, may be soup. • Tsigerosarmades, • Trahanas with sausage and hapsopilavon (pontian pilaf with gavros fish), from KilkisTourlou, also known as Briam, belongs to ladera dishes, made from eggplants, zucchini, onions, potatoes, tomatoes • Yaprákia, Christmas food in the region of Kozani, meat and rice in pickled cabbage-leaf (a variation of sarma) • Various dishes with buffalo meat. • Various fish plates, especially pestrofa and grivadi (kyprinos), fished in the lakes of the region. • Various types of loukaniko, sausages. ==Desserts==
Desserts
Selected desserts: from SerresAmygdalota • Armenovíl / Armenonville, from Thessaloniki • AshureBaklava from Asia Minor, • Bougatsa krema (cream), • Galaktoboureko, custard pie with syrup • Galatopita, milk pie with the well known the Sarakatsaniki galatopita from PieriaCrêpe, • Komposta, from peach or other local fruits • DiplesDondurma, Turkish mastic ice creamÉclairHalvas with tahiniHalvas with semolina, • Halvas sapoune, also known as jelly halvas • Karydopita • Kariokes, small sized walnut-filled chocolates and shaped like crescents • Knafeh (kadayıf) from Constantinople, • Kiounefe, • Kazan Dibi, • KourkoubiniaKourampiedesKydonopastoLaggites, or Tiganites • Loukoumades, fried honey doughnuts • Loukoumi, • Malli tis griasMadolatoMelomakaronaMuhallebi, or Mahallebi • MoustalevriaMoustopita, • Mpezedes (Mareges)PandespaniPastafrolaPasteli, honey sesame bar • Poniró, from SerresRizogalo • Roxákia, from Veria • Sáliaroi (Saliaria), extra syrupy Greek semolina cake with mastic • ŞekerpareSpoon sweets, • Trigona Panoramatos Thessalonikis, • TsourekiTulumba, syrupy dessert. Candied fruits can be found in Greece in specialty candy shops selling along with other related products exclusively, such as dried fruits, nuts, jellies, koufeta, loukoumia, chocolate bars, sokolatakia (bonbon), pralines, spoon sweets, pasteli, halva, fudge, petit four, granola, granola bars, sweet spreads, breakfast cereals, energy bar, and others. ==Drinks==
Drinks
in Naoussa Selected beverages and drinks: • Salepi • OuzoRetsinaTsipouroWine, • Liqueur, • Greek mountain teaBeer, Beer in GreeceXino Nero, from FlorinaMineral water, from several recognized water sources from Greece. • Sparkling mineral water, mineral carbonated water from sources from Greece. ==See also==
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