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Greek Garlic and Potato Recipe (Skordalia)

Written by Published on Updated on March 5, 2020 in Appetizers, Dips, Mediterranean cuisine

Hey there foodies friends,

We are one day away from the end of the week and I still have so much to do.  How has your week been so far?  Yesterday, was a beautiful and sunny day in NL..but today it’s raining again.  Sometimes, I have the feeling that we are being punished.  One day of nice weather so take five days of constant rain!! Wapush Wapush hahaha.  (I thought that was funny)

We are slowly heading into Easter and this past Monday was Clean Monday or otherwise known as (Kathari Deutera) in Greece. We celebrated Clean Monday on Saturday 🙂 (you gotta do whats ya gotta do right!)  Since, it is not a holiday in the country we live in we try to figure out which days suit us so that we can continue the traditions the best we can.   I  prepared a few other Greek appetizers such as Calamari, Dolmadakia and some other delicious Greek dishes.  Of course, Skordalia (Aioli) was on the table but only for those who eat garlic. 

Skordalia (Aioli) hmmm it is a traditional Greek dip made with garlic and potatoes. wayyy too much garlic for me.  We usually prepare it for Clean Monday but there are many who eat this all year round. I don’t mind preparing Skordalia but definitely not something that I would eat.  Well, in all honesty, I have tried this dip many moons ago, and since then I have stayed away from Garlic and I still do! eating it not cooking it. 🙂 This dip is for those who absolutely loveeee and I seriously mean loveee garlic.  

Have a great day everyone!!

Greek Garlic and Potato Dip (Skordalia)

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Dip
Cuisine Mediterranean

Ingredients
  

  • 500 grams potatoes The potatoes need to cool off before making this dip.
  • ½ cup almonds crushed
  • ⅓ cup Vinegar
  • 1 cup Olive Oil
  • 4 or 5 Garlic Cloves (depends on how intense taste if garlic)

Instructions
 

  • Add potatoes to food processor or blender
  • Add crushed Almonds
  • Vinegar
  • Olive Oil
  • and crushed garlic
  • Beat on high speed for 5 minutes.
Keyword Greek Cooking, traditional

KALI MAS OREXI!! 🙂

Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

5 Comments

  1. America On Coffee
    March 5, 2020 at 8:29 pm  ·  Reply
    The aroma is coming through!💕
  2. dtills
    March 6, 2020 at 11:10 pm  ·  Reply
    Oh my gosh! You're right, Easter is coming up 😍
  3. Lisa@LismorePaper
    March 8, 2020 at 9:22 am  ·  Reply
    Wow! This sounds delicious 😊

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