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Cheese in Greek diet

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Cheese in Greek diet

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  1. Cheese in Greek diet

  2. Cheese in Greek diet • Greek eating habits for cheese differ quite a lot from those of other Europeans even from those in southern regions, the climate of which is very close to ours. Cheese is not a food complement, it’s food. In Greece cheese is an edible people love and consume every single hour of the day from early morning till late at night. In particular, there is a goody on which a whole industry and trade has been based due to Greek love for it, the well-known cheese pie

  3. In addition …. • Cheese can be eaten as a starter, main course, with the salad or even with fruit • Combinations of high gastronomic taste is melon with cheese or sultana raisin with Gruyere. • It gives great taste in food and is easily digested • It is a basic ingredient of Greek productive force • It is an alternative way to preserve and conserve milk.

  4. Cheese as a starter Cheese as a main course Cheese as a dessert

  5. Combinations of cheese with other foods such as: • Summer salad with melon and feta cheese Fruit with cheese Many of Greek cheeses are perfectly combined with fresh fruit. Apart from the classic combination of feta cheese with watermelon, you can even try Gruyere with grapes or melon, cream cheese with peach or strawberries, feta cheese with figs.

  6.  Strawberry with feta cheese Peach with feta cheese

  7. Watermelon with feta cheese

  8. Grapes with cheese

  9. Fig with cheese

  10. Cheese and wine The combination of wine and cheese has two advantages: The first is the speed and ease of pleasure. The second is the easy preservability of both for at least 4-7 days. So, we can repeat the combination we really enjoyed.

  11. Cheese with tea

  12. Cheese with bread and tomato

  13. Cheese with spaghetti

  14. Nutrition value of the combination of fruit with cheese • Fruit rich in vitamin C augment calcium absorption • Fruit are rich in nutrients, fibers, vitamins and antioxidants • Cheese augments lycopene intake which can be found in fruit and plenty in watermelon specially • Cheese contains 10% to 30% proteins of high biological value.

  15. Recipes with cheese….1)Traditional cheese pieIngredients - A packet of home-made pastry sheet (500gr) - 500 gr of crumbled feta cheese - 250 gr of grated dry skim-milk cheese - 4 eggs - A pinch of nutmeg (at will) - A teacup of olive oil - Freshly ground pepper

  16. The steps of cheese pie preparation

  17. 2)Greek salad 4 tomatoes 1 cucumber 1 onion 1 green pepper Olives Feta cheese Olive oil Salt and oregano

  18. 3)Feta cheese saganaki (fried cheese) Feta cheese: 4 pieces about 1,5 cm thick Flour: ½ cup White pepper: 1/2 teaspoon (at will) Olive oil (to fry)

  19. 4)Cheese bread 150 gr feta cheese 300 gr hard flour 220 ml tepid water 8 gr fresh yeast 1 teaspoon of sugar ¾ teaspoon of salt Sesame

  20. Chtipiti – A dish with struck cheese – made with chili pepper and feta cheese is a very tasty starter and can accompany ouzo on hot summer days.

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