PELION

Local Pelion Gastronomy

 

The cuisine of Pelion is known for the purity of its local ingredients and the herbs used, the local recipes, the great variety of pies and the delicious spoon sweets that make use of fruit found on the mountain.

Uniquely Pelion-style dishes include spentzofai, a tasty dish with local sausage and green peppers; sautéed greens with eggs; boubari, a type of sausage containing finely chopped offal and rice; and the salads of local greens.

Other traditional dishes are also quite delicious and include oregano patties, wild green and pepper pies, stuffed courgette flowers, home-made noodles, and spentzofai with meatballs.

The fruit in the area is also excellent, either raw or prepared as a spoon sweet using chestnut, firiki apples, figs or cherries, or try baked apples with cinnamon and fragrant honey. These recipes use only ingredients found or produced locally and are handed down along with the traditions of local families. (source: http://www.volosinfo.gr/pelion-gastronomy/)

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Tsipouro is the local distillate made from the pomace of grapes after they have been pressed to make wine and contains 40 to 45% alcohol by volume.