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Savoury Dishes
Gratins, Fritters & Egg dishes;
Savoury Pastries & Bread

Meat & Rice-Filled Pies

Meat & Rice-Filled Pies

The piè̀ce de resistance of Sephardic pies are the small meat and rice filled pies shaped like little pots with straight sides and decoratively crimped lids to seal in the filling.

Bourekas Filled with Potato and Cheese

Bourekas Filled with Potato and Cheese

Bourekas kon patata i kezo are half-moon shaped crispy, buttery hand pies with an indulgent potato and cheese filling.

Sephardic Pasta & Meat Bake Rodesli-style

Sephardic Pasta & Meat Bake Rodesli-style

Makaron reynado is an appetizing version of the Greek pastitio bake and possibly derived elements from the Italian pasta bolognese.

Cheese & Potato Tartlets

Cheese & Potato Tartlets

We make a savory version of the sweet cheese tartlets melitinia, from the Greek islands, gizadas de patata i kezo. These dainty gizadas have a thin crisp pastry pleated into a star shape encasing a luscious potato, cheese and egg filling.

Pumpkin & Cheese Boyos

Pumpkin & Cheese Boyos

Pumpkin filo-like coiled pastries filled with pumpkin, a medley of Greek cheeses, and the warming spices of cinnamon and cloves

Leek, Potato & Meat Fritters

Leek, Potato & Meat Fritters

Young leeks just picked from my garden add an earthy taste mixed with potatoes, fragrant fresh herbs and ground meat, to make the most scrumptious fritters.

Greek-Style Mac’n’Cheese with Swiss Chard & Tomatoes

Greek-Style Mac’n’Cheese with Swiss Chard & Tomatoes

Here is an enticing new version of the traditional Rhodesli mac’n’cheese.

Matza & Chicken Passover Sephardic Quajado

Matza & Chicken Passover Sephardic Quajado

Quajados (kuajados) are such a popular Passover dish made with a combination of vegetables, ground beef or chicken and eggs baked into a kind of gratin or frittata.

Eggs Poached with Tomatoes - Shakshouka

Eggs Poached with Tomatoes - Shakshouka

Huevos kon tomat is an easy, versatile, one-pan dish of eggs poached in a fresh tomato sauce, aromatic with paprika and cumin.

Braised Hard-Boiled Eggs

Braised Hard-Boiled Eggs

Huevos haminados, braised hard-boiled eggs, are one of the most ancient and characteristic foods in the medieval Judeo-Spanish repertoire.

Crustless Mini Spinach (Swiss chard) & Feta Quiches

Crustless Mini Spinach (Swiss chard) & Feta Quiches

Inspired by our popular Sephardic spinach and feta bake quajado that we have made for centuries, I have recreated the recipe to individual mini crustless-like quiches.

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