Tyrokavteri Recipes

TIROKAFTERI RECIPE (GREEK FETA DIP)

Steps:

• Place the peppers on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Roast for five minutes in preheated oven at 180oC / 356oF / Gas mark 4. Carefully remove the skin (wearing gloves) and cut them in chunks.
• Add peppers, organic Greek olive oil and white wine vinegar in blender. Whizz for 1 minute until smooth. Add feta cheese, Greek yogurt and red pepper flakes and beat for 2 more minutes until creamy. Transfer to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Place in the fridge for 1 hour to set.
• Serve as meze with toasted bread, pita, flatbread or french fries.

GREEK FETA HOT SPREAD (TYROKAFTERI)

Steps:

• Place feta cheese in a large glass bowl. Place green peppers in a food processor and blend into a paste; transfer to the bowl of feta. Add Greek yogurt, olive oil, red pepper paste, vinegar, garlic, and cayenne pepper to the dip. Stir well.

ROASTED GARLIC TYROKAVTERI

Steps:

• Place roasted red peppers, roasted garlic, hot pepper sauce, lemon juice, oregano, and white pepper into a blender; puree until smooth. Add feta and cream cheese, and puree until smooth.
• With blender running, slowly pour in olive oil until incorporated and thickened. Stir in half-and-half if needed to achieve a dip consistency. Cover and store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

TIROKAFTERI (GREEK FETA DIP)

Steps:

• Firsty, put the feta in a bowl with water. Let it stand for 1 hour. Then drain and cut in cubes.
• Grill or fry the pepper,remove the seeds and cut into pieces.
• Put the feta cubes in a electric mixer bowl , add the pepper in pieces and begin beating.Add the vinegar and gradually the olive oil.
• In the end add the oregano and stir.
• Ready! It can be kept covered in bowl in the fridge for up to 5 days.

TYROKAFTERI - GREEK ** HOT **PEPPER CHEESE DIP

Steps:

• Crumble the feta into small pieces using a fork.
• Sauté the pepper in 2 tablespoons of olive oil until the skin is lightly browned. Remove the stem and discard, and chop the pepper into very small pieces.
• Using a mortar and pestle, add the pepper and the oil it was sautéed in to the cheese and mash until smooth, adding additional olive oil if needed to bring it to the consistency of a thick (but not stiff) dip. Serve garnished with a bit of parsley.
• Alternatively: Put the cheese, pepper, and oil from sautéeing in the blender and mix, adding more olive oil if needed to bring to the correct consistency.
• (Note: If you have a pepper that's too hot, slit it open down one side under running water and remove and discard the white internal membrane. Pat the pepper dry before sautéeing.).