Cuisine of the Ionian islands or Heptanesean cuisine (

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: Επτανησιακή κουζίνα) in

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is the cuisine of the Ionian Islands region. It has more influences from

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than can be found in any other part of Greece due to the long period of

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Cephalonia

Notable dishes include: * ''Andrakla'' (salad) * ''Pissara'' (salad) * ''Bourbourelia'', mix of cereals and legumes * ''Kreatopita'' (

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) * ''Prentza'', creamy cheese * '' Omeletta'' * '' Riganada'' * ''Sofigado'', meat (lamb or veal) with vegetables * '' Tsigaridia'', greens * ''Tsouknidopita''

Corfu

* ''Bianco'', fish dish * ''

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'', fish dish * '' Bourou-bourou'', pasta soup * ''Corfú'', yellow cheese * ''Niokos'', type of

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* ''

Pastitsio Pastitsio ( el, παστίτσιο, ''pastítsio'') is a Greek baked pasta dish with ground meat and béchamel sauce, with variations of the dish found in other countries of the Mediterranean Sea. Name and origin Pastitsio takes its name from t ...

'', baked pasta * ''

Pastitsada Pastitsada () is a Greek dish consisting of pasta topped with meat braised in a spicy tomato-based sauce. Often associated with the island of Corfu, where it is a traditional Sunday dinner, it is sometimes called pastitsada Korfiatiki.Vilma Chan ...

'' * '' Poulenta'' (Polenta) * '' Savoro'' * ''

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'' * ''Salado'', local

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* '' Tsigareli'' * '' Noumboulo'', pork tenderloin * ''Polpettes'', meatballs * '' Fogatsa'', type of bread (similar to

Tsoureki Tsoureki ( el, τσουρέκι) also known as ''Šurēk'' (, Arabic), ''choreg'' or "chorek" ( Armenian չորեկ, կաթնահունց), ''çörək'' (Azerbaijani), ''çyrek'' ( Albanian), ''kozunak'' ( Bulgarian козунак), ''cozonac'' (R ...

) * ''Colombina'' (type of tsoureki) * ''Bianceta'' (dessert) * ''Bolsevikos'', dessert * ''

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'' (dessert) *

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(''Tzitzibira'') *

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drink

Othonoi Othonoi ( el, Οθωνοί, also rendered as Othoni, grc, Ὀθρωνός , translit=Othrōnós) is a small and inhabited Greek island in the Ionian Sea, located northwest of Corfu, and is the westernmost point of Greece. Othonoi is the largest ...

* ''Bianco'' * ''

'' * ''Patatopita'' * ''

'' * '' Poulenta''

Lefkada Lefkada ( el, Λευκάδα, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas ( Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of G ...

* ''Frygadeli'', lamb meat * '' Riganada'' * ''Sofigado'', meat (lamb or veal) with vegetables * ''Salami Lefkadas'' * '' Tsigaridia'', greens * ''Galatopita'' (dessert) * Soumada, drink

Zakynthos Zakynthos (also spelled Zakinthos; el, Ζάκυνθος, Zákynthos ; it, Zacinto ) or Zante (, , ; el, Τζάντε, Tzánte ; from the Venetian form) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. Z ...

* ''Boutridia'', vegetables * ''

'' (with meat instead of fish) * ''Sofigadoura'', vegetables (optionally with meat) * ''Polpettes'', meatballs * ''Sgatzeto'', goat meat *

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* ''Frigania'' (dessert) * ''Fritoura'' (dessert) * ''Rafiolia'' (dessert) Common sweets, often found in the Ionian islands, are

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and mandolato.

Gallery

File:Pissara and pine-nut salad.JPG, ''Pissara'' salad (Kephalonia) File:Andrakla salata.jpg, ''Andrakla'' salad (Kephalonia) File:Tsouknidopita.JPG, ''Tsouknidopita'' File:Agria sparragia vrasta.jpg, Boiled

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(''Sparagia'') File:Muscari comosum omelet.JPG, Omeletta File:Riganada.JPG, ''Riganada'' File:Μολόχα τσιγαριά malva sylvestris ragu.jpg, ''Tsigaridia'' File:Mandolato.jpg, A mandolato File:Kefalonian pasteli.jpg, A type of

File:Vins grecs en dégustation à Zakynthos.jpg, Different wines in Zakynthos File:Greekfood.jpg, Starters on Corfu island, Messonghi village

Sources

Γεύσεις Ιονίων νήσων
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