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Batzina
A traditional pie type from Karditsa town, the so-called "lazy pies" or "dough pies", meaning the kind of pies that have no sheet but only ...filling. Often the basic vegetable is zucchini in combination with cheese, eggs and milk or yogurt and the solidification of the filling is achieved with the use of flour or breadcrumbs.
Free Range Eggs
Eggs from hens that live free and are fed with high quality feed. The freedom of movement in combination with the appropriate living conditions, make them lay more nutritious and delicious, healthy eggs.
Country style filo
It is the main ingredient for traditional Greek pies as well as pies that require a sheet with a thicker texture, such as pies with various greens or vegetable fillings. It is made with durum wheat flour, water, vinegar, and oil has several variations throughout Greece. Sometimes, it is used in between the filling layers, to make the pie more stable.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Extra virgin olive oil is the kind of olive oil produced by natural and mechanical methods, the acidity of which, expressed in oleic acid, does not exceed 1g / 100g and has perfect aroma, taste, and high nutritional value. It is superior in quality compared to regular olive oil, which is created by mixing virgin olive oil and refined olive oil, making it organoleptically and physicochemically inferior.
Strained yoghurt
Dairy product, with a firm and creamy texture that is sold in plastic packaging but also in bulk. It is found as an ingredient or accompaniment in many Mediterranean recipes (tzatziki, pilaf, giaourtlou) as well as in confectionery (cookies, cakes, desserts, ice creams).