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Best Greek food to serve on Christmas Day?

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paharo45

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I am trying to plan my Christmas Day feast. I want Greek elements, but I also want to keep things on the simpler side, if that's at all possible.

I will have 10-15 people over that day. Here is what I was thinking. Please weigh in - I could use all the help I can get!

- Pork roast - was thinking of doing a pork roast with a Greek sort of spice rub - oregano, garlic, salt, pepper ....
- Lemon potatoes - this goes so well with pork!
- Greek salad - always a classic favorite
- Vegetables - haven't decided yet which vegetable dish to serve
- Chrisopsomo - of course, this is a given
- Melamakarona - also a given

What do you think? I am not opposed to cooking lamb either.
 
A nice salad that pairs well with pork and is more winters is a nice carrot cabbage salad, Laxano karoto, tzatziki pairs wonderfully with pork. A tiropita. You can make the tiropita in advance, freeze it and and bake it from frozen the day of the dinner. And what about a nice baklava to end the meal with your melomakarona!
 
PemiKanavos said:
A nice salad that pairs well with pork and is more winters is a nice carrot cabbage salad, Laxano karoto, tzatziki pairs wonderfully with pork. A tiropita. You can make the tiropita in advance, freeze it and and bake it from frozen the day of the dinner. And what about a nice baklava to end the meal with your melomakarona!
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I love the idea of serving a carrot cabbage salad and tiro pita with the pork! I would think about putting a bit of freshly ground nutmeg (a tiny amount) in the filling for the tiropita.

If you have any, consider making something with apple for dessert - like a milopita. I love apples with pork meals. I would even be tempted to serve apple sauce, even though it isn't necessarily Greek. Or apple spoon sweets!
 
So, I ended up serving pork, cabbage salad, tiropita, lemon potatoes, melamakarona, pasta flora, and Christopsomo. It was perfect!
 
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