Greek Seafood Recipes
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Here are two fantastic Greek seafood recipes that are perfect for using the summer bounty of fresh fish and farmers market veggies.
If you've ever been to Greece or dreamed of going, you probably think of sunny beaches and, of course, amazing food.
Greek cuisine, with its emphasis on fresh fish, vegetables, and herbs, is not only delicious but also super healthy. And guess what? You don't need to book a plane ticket to enjoy Greek flavors at home!
What's awesome about these recipes is how flexible they are.
Feel free to swap out the fish for whatever fresh catch you find at your local market, and the same goes for the vegetables. The essence of Greek cooking is using what's fresh and in season, especially during summer. Enjoy your culinary trip to Greece!
Greek Seafood Recipes
Greek Baked Fish
This first recipe is a classic example of how Greeks love to cook their fish—with loads of tomatoes and a hint of lemon. It’s straightforward and uses ingredients you probably already have.
olive oil to fry
1 large onion, peeled and sliced thinly
1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
1lb (450g)ripe tomatoes, skinned and roughly chopped
1/2 Cup, 1/4 pint (150ml) white wine
black pepper
4 fillets white fish (cod, haddock, plaice - your choice)
2 thinly sliced tomatoes
2 tbspns lemon juice
freshly chopped parsley to garnish
#### Instructions:
1. **Preheat Your Oven**: Heat to Gas Mark 5, 375°F, or 190°C.
2. **Prepare the Sauce**: Heat some olive oil in a pan and fry the onion and garlic until softened. Add the chopped tomatoes, wine, and pepper. Let it simmer until it thickens (about 15 minutes).
3. **Arrange the Fish**: Place the fish fillets in a single layer in an ovenproof dish. Season with salt and pepper, then sprinkle the lemon juice over the fish.
4. **Top and Bake**: Pour the sauce over the fish and arrange the sliced tomatoes on top. Bake uncovered for about 20 to 30 minutes, or until the fish is cooked through.
5. **Serve**: Garnish with fresh parsley and serve with rice or some crusty bread and a side salad.
This next one is a lovely authentic Mediterranean recipe featuring cod. It pairs beautifully with zucchini (or courgettes, if you prefer) and has a slightly richer taste thanks to tomato puree and marjoram.
Greek Style Baked Cod
Olive oil
1 onion, peeled and chopped
1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
1/4 pint (150ml) white wine
4 large tomatoes, skinned and chopped
1 Cup/8 oz (225g) zucchini (courgette) sliced
black olives - pitted and chopped (optional)
1 tbspn tomato puree
1 tspn marjoram
4 cod steaks
Instructions:
1. **Preheat Your Oven**: Heat to Gas Mark 5, 375°F, or 190°C.
2. **Prepare the Sauce**: Heat some olive oil in a pan and fry the onion and garlic until softened. Add the wine, chopped tomatoes, zucchini, tomato puree (and black olives if you're using them), and marjoram. Simmer for about 15 minutes until the sauce thickens.
3. **Place the Cod**: Arrange the cod steaks in a buttered ovenproof dish.
4. **Top and Bake**: Pour the thickened sauce over the cod steaks. Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes, or until the cod is cooked through.
5. **Serve**: Serve it while hot, pairing it with some fresh green salad or a simple pilaf.
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Cook's Notes Because Greece is made up of many islands it has a huge coastline and fish is plentiful and varied. Depending on the size, the estimate of Greek Islands is 1200 to 6000 and there are around 10,000 miles of coastline! That's a lot of sea and it's obvious why the Greek cuisine features fish and seafood so much. Many greek seafood recipes (like most Mediterranean countries) are tomato and olive oil based. Much like all Mediterranean cookery, it is a very healthy diet with meat playing a lesser part in meals and vegetables and herbs making local cuisine very tasty. The recipes here are adapatable to the fish you will find in your local stores - most white non oily fish will do. A Mediterranean diet is normally accepted as 'healthy' - it's low on meat and high on fish and vegetables, giving you a full range of vitamins, minerals, protein and healthy fats. Even when they do eat meat, it's normally served in a sauce which might have a half pound of meat to serve four people - can you imagine putting a 2 ounce steak on someone's plate! Oh thank you very much, can you spare it??? Something like a Moussaka will use 250g (half a pound roughly) of lamb in a sauce full of fresh vegetables in a tomato sauce, layered with more veggies (aubergine or eggplant depending where you live) and topped off with thinly sliced potato and a bechemel sauce. |
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Greek Seafood Recipe
By Liz Alderson
Relive your Mediterranean holiday with these gorgeous Greek Seafood recipes.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Yield: 4
Main Ingredient: white fish, tomatoes