Κυπριακά λουκάνικα, αγαπημένος παραδοσιακός μεζές. Άδεια δημοσίευσης: Αυγούστα Στυλιανού.
A mezé dish which combines Cypriot delicacies that are often served individually as mezé: bladder campion (maidenstears), lountza (smoked pork), halloumi (Cypriot white cheese) and Cypriot sausages.
Name - Recipe
A meze which combines indivudally meze dishes of the Cypriot traditional cuisine into one, inspired by Ioannis Agesilaou.
1 kg of bladder campion
200 grams of lountza in wine
1 halloumi
3 sausages
½ glass of olive oil
Salt, pepper
Clean the greens, wash them well and sauté them well in olive oil. Cut the halloumi and the loúntza into small pieces, and the sausages into slices. Put them all together in a pan and let them cook. Add the greens. Season with salt and pepper. When ready, serve on a platter with grated halloumi and a drizzle of lemon juice. (Ioannis Agesilaou, Cooking Cypriot food 2013-2014)
Sautéing.
Frying.
Additional information and bibliography
Creation - recording: Ioannis Agesilaou (17 years old, student of the Technical School Makarios III. see Cyprus Food and Nutrition Museum (2014) Cooking Cypriot food 2013-2014 (ed. Petroula Hadjittofi), unpublished data.
Petroula Hadjittofi
Στρουθκιά. Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Λούντζα, παρασκευή στον Αγρό. Πηγή: Γ. Γρούτας, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jorge-11/7353823114
Χαλλούμι και λούντζα, τυπικοί κυπριακοί μεζέδες. Πηγή: CTO Zurich, https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyprustourismch/9507157131
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