From the Olive Grove (eBook)

Helen Koutalianos runs Basil Olive Oil Products with her husband Basil; the company produces oil from an olive tree farm in Greece that Basil’s family has owned for four generations, and imports it into North America.

Anastasia Koutalianos is Helen Koutalianos’ daughter; she is has worked in editing, book and magazine publishing, and historical research. A lifelong foodie who was taught everything she knows about cooking from her mother, she is also a promotions and event planner.

Foreword: The Koutalianos Family Olive Grove
Introduction: The History of Olive Oil
The Olive Tree
Harvesting
Processing & Pressing
Health Benefits of Olive Oil
Dips, Dressings, Marinades & Sauces:

- Basil Pesto
- Blue Cheese Caesar Salad Dressing
- Caesar Salad Dressing
- Cottage Cheese Vegetable Dip
- Crab and Artichoke Dip with Parmesan Croutons (Chef Recipe)
- Feta with Honey Rosemary Olive Oil Dressing (Chef Recipe)
- Garlic Aioli
- Hummus
- Latholemono (Lemon and Oregano Sauce)
- Lemon Egg Sauce (for Stuffed Zucchinis)
- Lemon Salad Dressing
- Meat Marinade
- Melitzanasalata (Eggplant Dip)
- Olive Oil and Vinegar Dressing
- Olive Oil and Parmesan Cheese Dip
- Olive Oil Energy Drink
- Savoury Savoro Sauce
- Tirokafteri (Spicy Feta Dip)
- Tzatziki


Breads:

- Focaccia Bread
- Homemade Pizza Dough
- Bread Koulouria (Sesame Rings)
- Pita Bread
- Pizza Buns
- Yiayia’s Psomi (Grandma's Bread)
- Turkish Pita
- Rye Bread


Appetizers:

- Artichokes with Dill Mustard Sauce
- Avocado Crab Cakes
- Balsamic Fig Bruschetta
- Escargot and Rosemary Appetizer
- Feta Cheese Stuffed Hot Banana Peppers
- Grilled Vegetables
- Kalamata Olive Tapenade
- Melitzanokeftedes (Eggplant Balls)
- Oyster Capari
- Roasted Head of Garlic
- Roasted Red Bell Peppers (Chef Recipe)
- Salmon Cakes
- Taramokeftedes (Fish Roe Rissoles)
- Saganaki (Fried Cheese)
- Salmon Salad Spread
- Smelts in White Wine
- Snails in Tomato Sauce


Salads:

- Arugula and Goat Cheese Salad with Caramelized Pecans
- Asparagus Salad
- Avocado and Tomato Salad
- Carrot, Raisin and Sunflower Salad
- Croutons
- Cucumber Dill Salad
- Dill Bean Salad
- Fennel Salad
- Fresh Vine Tomato and Olive Oil Vinaigrette with Herb Greens (Chef Recipe)
- Greek Salad
- Green Tomato and Potato Salad
- Greens in Olive Oil Dressing
- Mixed Cabbage Salad
- Rustic Potato Salad
- Salted Cod and Potato Salad
- Shrimp Salad
- Tabouleh (Parsley Salad)
- Taramosalata (Fish Roe Salad)
- Winter Cabbage and Radish Salad


Soups & Stews:

- Artichoke and Vegetable Stew
- Cream of Leek and Zucchini Soup
- European Stew
- Fasolia Me Maratho (Fennel Bean Soup)
- Faki (Lentil Soup)
- Fasolada (Romano Bean Soup)
- Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho with Shrimp, Cheese Curd and Basil (Chef Recipe)
- Mayiritsa (Traditional Easter Soup)
- Minestrone Soup
- Oxtail Barley Soup
- Psarosoupa (Fish Chowder)
- Revithosoupa (Chickpea Soup)
- Youvarlakia (Meatball Soup)
- Tomato Vegetable Soup



Meat dishes:

- Beef Tenderloin Shish Kebab
- Chicken Kokinesto
- Eggplant and Veal Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
- Free Range Chicken Baked in North Arm Farm Pumpkin (Chef Recipe)
- Keftedes (Greek Meatballs)
- Lamb and Fresh Green Bean Stew
- Lamb Souvlaki
- Lamb with Artichokes
- Lamb with Okra
- Leg of Lamb
- Liver with Pearl Onions
- Meat Cabbage Rolls
- Meat Lasagne
- Mousaka (Eggplant Lasagne)
- Olive Oil Poached Lamb Loin with Confit Shallots, Tomato, Petals and Natural Jus (Chef Recipe)
- Papoutsakia (Little Shoes)
- Papous Fayii (Izmir Pork Chops)
- Pastitsio
- Quail with Olives
- Roasted Chicken with Lemon Potatoes
- Sofrito
- Souzoukakia (Meatballs) in Tomato Sauce
- Turkish Kebap with Garlic
- Veal with Pepper and Tomato Sauce
- Venison à la Tomate
- Venison Pepper Garlic Roast
- Stifatho (Venison and Pearl Onions)
- Spaghetti Meat Sauce


Fish dishes:

- Baked Cod
- Barbeque Oysters
- Barbeque Salmon
- Broiled Jumbo Shrimp
- Calamari with Onions and Wine
- Clam Chowder
- Fried Calamari
- Fried Fresh Herring
- Garithes Youvetsi Me Feta (Shrimp with Feta)
- Garlic Breaded Snapper
- Jalapeño Salmon
- Kalamaria Yemista (Stuffed Calamari)
- Lemon Garlic Shrimp
- Octopus in Wine Sauce
- Olive Oil Poached Fillet of Salmon and Feta Vinaigrette (Chef Recipe)
- Pan-Fried Skate
- Salmon in Tomato Sauce
- Yucatan Fish
- Snapper à la Méditerranée
- Sole Au Naturel
- Seared Bayen Sound Scallop and Spot Prawn Gazpacho with Heirloom
Tomatoes (Chef Recipe)
- Seared BC Sablefish with Preserved Lemon and Caper Sauce (Chef Recipe)
- Seared Tuna Salad with Kalamata Olive Tapenade (Chef Recipe)
- Shrimp Asparagus Stir Fry


Vegetarian dishes:

- Aginares Lemonates (Artichokes with Lemon)
- Artichoke Parmesan
- Basic Tomato Sauce
- Briam with Root Vegetables
- Chive Potatoes
- Dolmades (Rice wrapped in Grape Leaves)
- Domates Yemistes (Stuffed Tomatoes)
- Eggplant Parmesana
- Fasolakia Yahni (Green Beans and Potatoes)
- Fava
- Garlic Green Beans
- Gigandes (Giant Baked Lima Beans)
- Imam Bayildi (Stuffed Baby Eggplants)
- Kapakoto
- Kolikethakia Yemista (Stuffed Zucchinis with Lemon Egg Sauce)
- Leeks in Phyllo
- Lemon Asparagus
- Lemon Potatoes
- Melitzana Ksipoliti (Barefoot Eggplants)
- Okra in Angel Hair
- Potato Frittata
- Revithokeftedes (Chickpea Patties)
- Sage Rice Stuffing
- Sauerkraut and Rice Cabbage Rolls
- Skordalia (Garlic Mashed Potatoes)
- Spanakopita (Spinach Cheese Pie)
- Spanakorizo (Spinach and Rice)
- Stuffed Zucchini with Egg Lemon Sauce
- Tiropita (Cheese Pie)
- Tomato Frittata
- Tomato Omelette
- Zucchini Frittata


Desserts:

- Almond Biscotti
- Apple Cake
- Basic Muffin Batter
- Basil Ice Cream (with Corinthian Balsamic Caramel) (Chef Recipe)
- Blueberry Custard Cake
- Bran Muffins
- Chocolate Cake (Chef Recipe)
- Cranberry Almond Cake
- Lemon Blueberry Muffins
- Loukoumades (Greek Doughnuts)
- Melomakarouna [Fenekia] (Honey Cookies)
- Olive Oil Ice Cream (served over figs and strawberries in red wine and brown butter caramel) (Chef Recipe)
- Tahini Koulouria
- Walnut Cake


Appendices:
A Glossary of Olive Oil Grades and Processing Terms
Index