Mezze

Welcome to the delicious and wonderful world of the Mediterranean mezze – a way of enjoying food that makes having a meal a fun experience! A mezze plate resembles an antipasti platter or tapas and sharing mezze is very much a way of life in the Mediterranean. It is a social time, a time for family and friends to get together and enjoy a vast variety of delectable dishes over several hours, with a drink or two.

This book is a collection of the best mezze recipes from all over the Mediterranean and includes seafood dishes such as pan-grilled calamari, fried whitebait, mussels with herbed breadcrumbs, pickled octopus and prawns with feta saganaki: Dips such as baba ghanoush, chickpea hummus, tzatziki (Cucumber Dip), tahini sauce, skorthalia (Garlic sauce) and taramasalata (Fish Roe Dip): Cheese dishes like Haloumi with Minted Olive Oil, Herbed Ricotta with Antipasto, Grilled Chilli Feta and Ricotta and Parmesan Cakes: Meat dishes including Chicken Kebabs with Garlic, Coriander and Lime, Chorizo Sausage Kebabs, Moroccan Lamb Cutlets, Lamb Shish Kebabs and Greek Lamb Cutlets: Pastries and parcels such as Cheese Puffs (Tiropitakia), Mushroom and Goats Cheese Filo Triangles, Spinach and Cheese Triangles, Dolmathaki (Meat-filled Vine Leaves) and Vegetarian delights such as Cauliflower Patties, Dolmathes and Goat’s Cheese and Tomato Bake.

About the Author

Rena Patten, author of Cooking with Quinoa, has some 20 years cooking experience as a recipe developer; held cooking classes on Mediterranean cooking; and assisted Geoff Janz and Lyndey Milan in cooking demonstrations. Rena is an established author having previously published Greek Cooking and How to Prepare Stuffings.