Apohtin with green beans and potatoes
«Φασολάκι φρέσκο» Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου
A dish from the area of Pitsilia. In order to desalinate the apohtin, it is boiled and fried before cooking with green beans and potatoes.
Name - Recipe
Cured goat meat with green beans and potatoes.
1kg of green beans
3-4 potatoes
apohtin
Boil the dried apohtin 2-3 times in plenty of water, to desalinate. Cut it into pieces, fry it and store it in bottles. Use it whenever preparing a dish with green beans or potatoes. (Eugenia Stavrou, Cooking Cypriot food, 2014)
Boiling.
Frying.
Additional information and bibliography
Testimony: Eugenia Stavrou, 10 years old, student of the 3rd΄ primary School of Makedonitissa “Stylianos Lenas” from a narration by Eleni Ioannou, 81 years old from Chandria, Limassol. See Cyprus Food and Nutrition Museum (2014) Cooking Cypriot food 2013-2014 (ed. Petroula Hadjittofi), unpublished data.
Petroula Hadjittofi, Argyro Xenophontos
Απόχτιν. Άδεια δημοσίευσης: Υπουργείο Γεωργίας.
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