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Taramosalata (Fish roe salad - meze)

  Photo taken from Athinorama Umami Taramosalata There are also the Greek classics, think something like a dip but instead of using nachos or vegetables to eat them we use bread. Taramosalata is one of those dishes.   It is roe fish blended into a creamy pink dip of pureed potatoes with parsley, lemon juice, and finely chopped onion (optional).   In meze, this is one of the first dishes that it is served.   In taverns, they always bring it along with salad, tzatziki, and tahini.   We will talk about the last two later.   Well, let’s see our recipe…   Ingredients 2 kg tarama (fish roe). 1 large potato or two small ones 450gr of Greek bread 1 tsp of shredded and dried onion 1 cup olive oil The juice of one lemon (medium size) Tarama is the hardest ingredient to find, so it is a good idea to look at groceries that import Mediterranean food. It is usually sold in larger jars, but you can store the remainder in the freezer for mon...

Cherry Upside-Down Cake (Extremely Easy to Make!)

This is an extremely easy recipe to make. You can substitute cherries with any other fruit that you like.  It is perfect with an ice tea, or a hot cup of coffee!!
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Cherry Cake Upside Down

Ingredients
For the pan
40-45 cherries, pitted
Butter and sugar for the pan

For the Cake
125gr butter
¾ cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla sugar
2 regular eggs, lightly bitten
½ cup light milk
2¼ all purpose flour, sifted
2 tsp baking powder

Preparation Method
1. Coat a rectangular pan with butter; sprinkle with sugar and cover the bottom of the pan with cherries.
2. Preheat oven to 170ºC.
3. Melt the butter, sugar and vanilla in a medium sized saucepan. Remove from heat.
4. Add eggs and milk; mix well.
5. Stir in flour and baking powder and mix lightly.
6. Bake for approximately 40 minutes.
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