A FOOD TRADITION
Cretan Cuisine
Cretan cuisine emphasizes local olive oil, wild greens, legumes, grains, fresh cheeses, mountain herbs, snails, and slowly cooked meats.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Stamnagathi Me Avgolemono
Boiled Cretan chicory greens are finished with a bright avgolemono sauce made from egg and lemon.
Stamnagathi Salad
A Cretan salad of briefly boiled stamnagathi chicory dressed simply with olive oil, lemon juice, and salt.
Tsigariasto
A traditional Cretan dish of lamb or goat slowly cooked in olive oil and its own juices until tender.
Xinochondros Me Kreas
A traditional Cretan stew-like soup of fermented cracked wheat and sour milk cooked with pork, onion, tomato, and olive oil.
Xinochondros Soup
A Cretan soup made by simmering fermented cracked wheat with sour milk, tomato, onion, olive oil, and water.
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