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Epirotic cuisine ( el, Ηπειρώτικη κουζίνα, or Κουζίνα της Ηπείρου) is the traditional
Greek cuisine Greek cuisine ( Greek: Ελληνική Κουζίνα) is the cuisine of Greece and the Greek diaspora. In common with many other cuisines of the Mediterranean, it is founded on the triad of wheat, olive oil, and wine. It uses vegetables, ol ...
of the region of
Epirus sq, Epiri rup, Epiru , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = Historical region , image_map = Epirus antiquus tabula.jpg , map_alt = , map_caption = Map of ancient Epirus by Heinri ...
. It is based mostly on dairy products; butter and various cheeses.


Appetizers and cheeses

* Anthotyros *
Feta Feta ( el, φέτα, ) is a Greek brined white cheese made from sheep's milk or from a mixture of sheep and goat's milk. It is soft, with small or no holes, a compact touch, few cuts, and no skin. Crumbly with a slightly grainy texture, it ...
* Galotyri * Kaskavali *
Kefalograviera Kefalograviera (Greek language, Greek: Κεφαλογραβιέρα) is a hard table cheese produced traditionally from sheep's milk or mixture of sheep's and goat's milk. According to the PDO filing with the EU (see below) the name applies only ...
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Kefalotyri Kefalotyri or kefalotiri ( el, κεφαλοτύρι, tr, talar peyniri) is a hard, salty white cheese made from sheep milk or goat's milk (or both) in Greece and Cyprus. A similar cheese Kefalograviera, also made from sheep or goat milk (or bot ...
* Metsovone, Foumarino, Boukovela and Metsovela from Metsovo * Tyrogliata * Vasilotyri * Ourda cheese


Dishes and specialities

*Many types of ''pites'' (pies) including kasiopita (kikitsopita), kothropita, kimadopita, pepéki, kasiata and blatsariá * Hilopites *
Frog legs Frog legs (French: ''Cuisses de grenouille'') are one of the better-known delicacies of French cuisine, where it has been considered as a national delicacy. The legs of edible frogs are also consumed in other parts of the world, including Vi ...
* Kontosouvli *
Loukaniko Loukaniko (Greek: λουκάνικο) is a type of Greek sausage made from pork or lamb and typically flavored with orange peel, fennel seed, and various other dried herbs and seeds, and sometimes smoked over aromatic woods. They are also often ...
* Trahanas


Desserts/drinks

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Amygdalopita Amygdalopita ( el, Αμυγδαλόπιτα) is an almond cake in Greek cuisine made with ground almonds, flour, butter, eggs and pastry cream. It is one of the most common ''glyka tapsiou'' ( el, γλυκά ταψιού) - dessert dishes like pies ...
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Spoon sweets A spoon is a utensil consisting of a shallow bowl (also known as a head), oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery (sometimes called flatware in the United States), especially as part of a place setting, it is used primarily fo ...
* Klostari *Blatsara *Stegnopita (dry pie) *Kassiopita (flour pie) * Flogera ( Metsovo) *
Greek wine Greece is one of the oldest wine- producing regions in the world and among the first wine-producing territories in Europe. The earliest evidence of Greek wine has been dated to 6,500 years ago


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Greek gastronomyGastrotourismos
{{Greek cuisine Greek cuisine Epirus (region)