Leave the gelatine sheets to soak in a bowl of cold water for 5 minutes. Place the sponge fingers on a serving cake plate and sprinkle them with the cognac or rum. Into the mixing bowl put together the sugar, the instant coffee and the egg yolks. Beat with a wooden spoon to make a light and creamy mixture, as you remember from childhood memories when our mothers offered us the sweet creamy mixture with the egg yolk and sugar! Heat the milk in a saucepan until it will almost come to boiling conditions. Pour little by little the milk...

Tomato chicken soup with hard cheese- xiros anthotiros For 2-3 people Procedure Add 6 cups of water and chicken stock in a saucepan with the tomato juice and the olive oil. Boil for 2-3 minutes to mix. Pour the pasta and reduce heat to simmer. Add salt and pepper and a tablespoon of the dried Italian spices. Stir with a wooden spoon and wait for almost 20 minutes until pasta will be tender. Leave the soup to stand for 10 minutes but serve it hot, sprinkled with the coarsely grated cheese. There is no salad to match with the soup...

Instructions Break the biscuits by hand into small pieces and lay some in stem glasses where you will serve the dessert. Whip the cream with the icing sugar until it forms smooth peaks. Refrigerate until the use. Pour the milk, water and sugar in a saucepan and stir to dissolve. Add the cocoa powder, the vanilla and the corn flour, stir them well and transfer the saucepan to the fire. Stir continuously over a medium heat and soon enough it will start to thicken like a cream. At this point remove from fire. Put the egg yolks into the hot...

Procedure 1. Wash, peel and cut the cucumber into small cubes. 2. Put the yogurt in a bowl and mix all the other ingredients together. Add the olive oil, salt and pepper and try it to taste. 3. Leave the mixture in the fridge for at least 1 hour. When serve, drizzle little more extra virgin olive oil and decorate with some fresh dill. The recipe is fine but it is true that only when you measure ‘by the eye’ the ingredients, you succeed the perfect tzatziki. My sister has definitely the talent for this dish…I just follow the recipe!

This title recalls memories from my childhood. I can still hear someone saying: -For the trip to Metalliko (green landscape, perfect for excursions in the outskirts of Kilkis, North Greece) I filled the round taper ware container with some strawberries in juice. Careful how you will open the lid!… -Mummy, mummy, one bowl with strawberries in juice for me, please!… -Are these strawberries with juice? Delicious!… -Are there any strawberries with juice left? I will finish them, don’t serve me anything else!…. But why are they so famous? It is strange but this funny and not at all attractive title...