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Looking for Greek Thermomix Recipes?
Love food? You will love these Greek Thermomix recipes! As a first for the podcast, we recorded this week’s episode with four people sitting around the kitchen table sharing amazing food (and lots of laughs!) Sia and Chrystalla from Fayi Cookbooks showered us with delicious traditional food made from some of the Greek Thermomix recipes featured in their upcoming book, ‘Mezze’.
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Sia and Chrystalla from Fayi Cookbooks are two hardworking Mums with a rich cultural heritage. We loved hearing their stories about how they each came to love their Thermomix, and how they came to be working with one another to bring amazing cultural recipes (more than just Greek!) to Thermomix owners. These recipes have been shared through the generations which these clever women have converted to the Thermomix with delicious results.
Amazingly, they were even able to cater for us (with the weird and wonderful selection of foods that don’t work for us!) – we felt like we had won the food lottery!
What was on the menu in this podcast?
- Tahini Dip, amazingly milky white!
- Potato Garlic Dip, a new favourite! (How did we not know about this before?)
- Olive Dip
- Marinated Olives, we are never eating anything else again (they are that good!)
- Homemade Haloumi (seriously, you can make your own!)
- Goat’s Ricotta with Watermelon, so light!
- Halva Cake (Joe had eaten the whole thing by the next day)
To get the recipe for the cake Joe LOVED, head on over to Fayi Cookbooks and when you sign up to their mailing list you will get the recipe!
If you love the sound of the recipes in the book as much as we did, go and preorder your copy now!
In Brisbane? Head along to say hi to Sia and Chrystalla at Paniyiri, the Greek festival held at Musgrave Park in West End. They will be doing a cooking demonstration, as well as having a stand where they are giving away a Thermomix! Discover more Greek Thermomix recipes!
One lucky listener will be sent a copy of Fayi Cookbooks first cookbook ‘Mezze’. Simply share a cultural recipe that you love to make (or would like to make), and tell us what culture it is from. This giveaway will be active until the girls release the book (exact release date not yet confirmed).
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I have to admit that I haven’t cooked a lot of cultural food due to hubby’s allergies but after recipe testing the Cheese Diropita and the Halva Fourno recipes, and hearing how the girl’s catered for your varying needs, I’m really excited about expanding my recipe repertoire. After listening to the podcast I like the sound of the recipes being from other cultures other than just Greek, for example the Egytian biscuits that the girls mentioned. Congrats Sia and Chrystalla on a great collaboration and best wishes on your future endeavours xxx
Thanks so much Sharree!! We really appreciate your feedback. Hope that you like our recipes too xx
Can’t wait to listen to this edition of your podcast! I’ve semi-successfully converted a delicious and simple Arabic staple to the Thermomix – mjeddere! It’s green or brown lentils with burghul (or rice) topped with crispy caramelised onions! But I’d love to know how to successfully make tabbouleh – I can’t get thermie to chop the parsley ‘right’!
Yum Helen, that recipe sounds delish. Please share it with us, we would love to try it 🙂
OOOh lots and lots. Moussaka I’d have to say – my mum had a fab recipe for this which sadly was lost forever when she died. I want to try making Halloumi too!
Hi Gerri,
We are so sorry to hear about your mum. This is one of the reasons why we have decided to do what we do… convert our family recipes, because so many of them have already been lost as loved ones are no longer with us.
You will just have to keep tweaking your moussaka recipes until it tastes the same way as you remember your mums tasting.
As for halloumi… we will have 2 recipes for that in our cookbook. One made on goats milk and the other made with cows milk.
Much love,
Sia xx
Unfortunately, although my husband is Italian, he doesnt like the traditional recipes. Doesnt like pasta: What Italian doesnt like pasta?
The one thing he does love is the Christmas biscuits his family makes. Some of them seem to be a lot of work so my aim is, to try and convert their handed down family recipes to the Thermie. Perhaps, being Greek some of the recipes in Sia and Chrystalla cook book could be similar. Would love to win a copy
I’ve seen those biscuits before! They look amazing! You can check out the contents for the first Fayi Cookbook here – http://fayi.com.au/recipes/
Hi Erica,
I think you are talking about Kourabiethes or maybe Melomakarona. Both biscuits are made around Christmas time and they will be published in our upcoming Christmas ebook.
Soooooo excited about it!
You will have to try them and let us know what your husband thinks 🙂
Much love,
Sia xx
I would love a recipe for a Greek moussaka as I could use some of the abundance of tomatoes and eggplant from our garden
Great idea Donna!
Yep Yep! Moussaka is on our list and coming soon to our blog…. yummo.
Thanks Donna,
Sia xx
My mum and grandmother are from Estonia and I love one of the traditional Cakes called a Kringle, it brings back so many childhood memories! I have googled Estonia + Thermomix and can see that there are recipes for it but they are written in Estonian! If only my mum could convert it for me :(. I’m hoping to find an English version of the recipe one day or convert one myself! Love this podcast. Good luck with the book.
Kristy
Great idea Kristy! Please let us know if you do convert it we’d love to try it. Make sure you let us know.
Thanks for your support Kristy. We really appreciate it 🙂
If you ever find an English conversion for the Estonian cake, please let us know. We would love to try it.
However… nothing will be better than your mums so we totally encourage you to cook with her and convert the recipe for yourself!
Good luck .
Exactly what I was looking for! Part of the reason I signed up for thermomix was to make different styles of food. Greek is one of my all time faves. Thanks for hipping me to this 4 blades, I will be buying the ebook for certain.
Yay!! Thanks so much Stacey. We really appreciate your positive feedback.
Please let us know if you try any of our recipes.
Much love,
Sia xx
I saw these girls at the Greek Festival in Brisbane. After seeing their demo it would have to be anything Greek!! I was kicking myself when I didn’t win their amazing giveaway.
I love exploring new cultures and the best way for is through there food. I would to try all the yummy food in this book to take my family on a Greek holiday without leaving home.
Haha! I love that idea… a holiday to Greece from the comfort of your own home. Good luck with the competition Tara 🙂
I would love to make Haloumi, and greek yoghurt! And also lamb koftas with a yummy tzatziki that’s not to watery/bland.