Greek cuisine features appetizers called mezédes to start meals, along with main dishes commonly cooked with olive oil such as souvlákia (meat cooked on a spit), giouvétsi (roasted lamb with pasta), and gyros (veal kebab served in pita bread). Popular sauces for the appetizers include taramosalata (made with fish roe), melitzanosalata (made with eggplant), and tzatziki (made with yogurt, cucumber, and herbs). Greece also produces wines like retsina, a dry white wine made with pine resin, and spirits such as ouzo (made with anise) and ippocrasso

5. GREEK
FOOD

6. • In
the
Greek
cuisine
there
isn’t
the
first
course.
The
meal
starts
with
some
appe>zers
called
mezédes
or
orek>ká.
• The
next
dish
can
be
meat
or
fish,
cooked
on
the
grill
or
on
the
griddle,
or
salad
and
cheese.
• The
most
common
ingredient
is
olive
oil.

7. Appe>zers
• The
appe>zers
Mezédes
are
made
of
black
olives,
pickled
vegetables
and
vegetables
preserved
in
oil.
• Really
good
are
the
dolmádes
(roulade
with
rice
and
minced
meat).

8. Appe>zers
• Pitákia
is
French
pastry
stuffed
with
chicken,
cheese,
vegetables,
minced
meat
and
chicken.

9. Appe>zers
• Some
sauces
that
you
can
taste
with
the
appe>zers
are
Taramosalata
(sauce
made
with
fish
roe),
Melitzanosalata
(sauce
with
eggplant)
and
Tzatziki
(yogurt
with
cucumber
and
herbs).
Taramosalata
Melitzanosalata
Tzatziki

10. Main
dishes
• Souvlákia,
meat
cooked
on
a
spit
• Giouvétsi,
roasted
lamb
with
pasta
• Gyros,
that
is
a
sort
of
veal
kebab
served
like
píta
gýros,
meat
dressed
with
tzatzíki,
tomato
and
onion,
rolled
in
a
píta,
a
circle
piadina.
• Really
appreciated
are
the
dishes
cooked
in
the
oven.
The
most
famous
is
Moussakà,
a
pie
of
potatoes,
ragù,
béchamel,
eggplants.

11. Main
Dishes
Souvlákia
Giouvétsi
Gyros
Moussakà

12. Drinks
• Greece
is
an
important
wine
producer.
The
most
important
is
Retsina,
a
white
dry
wine.
• Some
of
typical
Greek
drinks
are
the
liquor
Ouzo,
made
with
anise
and
the
Ippocrasso,
wine-­‐based.