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40 recipes for the ultimate Greek feast

Gather a group of friends, plonk a pile of pita on the table and tuck into share-friendly dishes packed with colour and flavour.

40 recipes
Cook once, eat thrice: Slow-roaster lamb shoulder.

12-hour Greek slow-roasted lamb shoulder

  • RecipeTin Eats
Greek-style roast potatoes with lemon and oregano.

Greek lemon roast potatoes

  • RecipeTin Eats
Moussaka with leftover shredded lamb.

Pulled lamb moussaka

  • 2 hrs +
  • RecipeTin Eats
Lamb gyros with tzatziki.
EASY

Shredded lamb gyros

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Build-your-own souvlaki bowls.
EASY

Chicken souvlaki bowls with haloumi

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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Greek-style chicken pie with tahini sauce

  • 2 hrs +
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Spicy lamb skewers with cucumber yoghurt and cherry tomatoes.
EASY

Neil Perry's spicy lamb skewers with cucumber yoghurt

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Cheese-free Greek salad.
EASY

Green Greek salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Moussaka meets gratin (hold the meat).

Vegetarian eggplant moussaka gratin

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Fasolakia is a Greek favourite.
EASY

Greek green beans with tomato, onion and feta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
This spanakopita is a little time-consuming, but it is ultra satisfying.

Spanakopita

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Greek roast lamb.

Slow-cooked Greek lamb

  • 2 hrs +
  • Brigitte Hafner
Souvlaki-style lamb chops.
EASY

Souvlaki-style lamb chops

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Hellenic Republic's popular Cypriot grain salad is packed with protein-packed lentils.
EASY

Hellenic Republic’s Cypriot grain salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Travis McAuley
Greek roasted vegetables with feta.
EASY

Greek roasted vegetables with feta

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Neil Perry recipe : Lemon and oregano lamb skewers with cucumber yoghurt.
EASY

Lemon and oregano lamb with cucumber yoghurt

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
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Greek salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Caroline Velik
Slow-cooked lamb topped with a nest of kataifi pastry.

Greek lamb and feta pie

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Greek meatballs.

Greek meatballs with tomato sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Smoked salmon tarama

Fried calamari with smoked salmon tarama

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Taramasalata.
EASY

Taramasalata

  • < 30 mins
Everything you love about souvlaki, minus the pita.

Gyros-loaded fries with lamb and whipped feta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Chicken souvlaki.

Chicken souvlaki

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
Butterflied roast chicken with herb and haloumi stuffing.

Roast chicken with haloumi stuffing, mint and pomegranate

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Stuffed vine leaves with rice, pine nuts, currants and lemon.

Stuffed vine leaves with rice, pinenuts, currants and lemon

  • 1-2 hrs
Cucumbers, yoghurt and mint.
EASY

Andrew McConnell's fresh take on tzatziki

  • < 30 mins
  • Andrew McConnell
Sticky Greek lemon and yoghurt cake.

Sticky Greek lemon and yoghurt cake

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Brigitte Hafner
Ripe, fleshy figs, lightly baked in red wine with sweet and creamy yoghurt on the side.
EASY

Wine-roasted figs with sweet tahini yoghurt

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Moussaka meets shepherd's pie.

Greek baked lamb and rice with yoghurt

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
A speedy tomatoey stew inspired by Yotam Ottolenghi.
EASY

Tomato risoni with silverbeet, feta, walnuts and honey

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Lamb and eggplant stack with kefalotiri

Lamb and eggplant stack with kefalotiri

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Tomato salad with tzatziki.
EASY

Heirloom tomato salad with tzatziki

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
A summer combo ... Watermelon, feta and mint.
EASY

Watermelon, feta and mint salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Roasted beetroot, cinnamon and pomegranate dip.
EASY

Roasted beetroot, cinnamon and pomegranate dip

  • 1-2 hrs
Greek walnut cake with honey yoghurt

Greek walnut cake with honey yoghurt

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Rice pudding
EASY

Chilled rice pudding

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Brigitte Hafner

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