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Cretan Wedding Meat
Also known as: Γαμοπίλαφο
Boiled lamb and chicken served separately from rice cooked in their broth.
About Cretan Wedding Meat
Diana Farr Louis records gamopilafo as a traditional main dish at weddings and baptisms in western Crete. Her recipe combines lamb and a free-range chicken, gently cooked together to produce the broth for the rice.
Medium-grain rice absorbs that broth, with lemon juice, salt and freshly ground black pepper providing the seasoning. Warmed staka, a rich ewe-milk preparation, is offered as an optional finish.
The rice is presented on a platter or in a bowl. The boiled meats are served separately with additional lemon juice, preserving the distinction between the broth-rich pilaf and its meat accompaniment.
Allergens in this recipe
Optional additions: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Cretan Wedding Meat
Diana Farr Louis's Cretan wedding lamb and chicken with gamopilafo.
- Lean lambProtein
- Whole free-range chickenProtein
- WaterLiquid
- Medium-grain riceBase
- Lemon juiceSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- Freshly ground black pepperSeasoning
- Prepared stakaFinish · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Lean lamb: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual61, exact cut unspecified, not replaced with legacy goat.
- Whole free-range chicken: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual62 whole prepared bird, broader chicken candidate.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit68 water option selected over optional external meat/chicken stock63. Own boiled-meat broth then used for rice69, no duplicate opaque stock ingredient.
- Medium-grain rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual64 medium grain preferred, broader rice mapping; Arborio/Valencia/Nyhaki particular alternatives unselected.
- Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual65 rice69 and additional meat service69 allocations consolidated.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Freshly ground black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Prepared staka (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual67 optional original staka selected over cremefraiche/mascarpone/clarified-butter alternatives. Actual70 ewe-milk cream cooked with a little generic flour confirms Milk but cereal/formula unprovided. Not equated separated clarified stakovoutiro.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Greece
- GreeceCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Cretan Cuisine
- Cretan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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