Early Spring Greek Dishes

[auroracoor1]

We are going through a bit of a warm spell now, which makes me feel like spring might come a little earlier. Even if it doesn't it has me in the mood to think about spring and the traditional Greek foods that are eaten in spring.

This isn't something I have thought of before! In Greece, what is in season in early spring? I looked online and I saw some dishes that involved onions, fava beans, foraged greens - some of them, like dandelion, do seem to taste better in early spring. I appreciate your thoughts.

 

[k_tsoukalas]

We are going through a bit of a warm spell now, which makes me feel like spring might come a little earlier. Even if it doesn't it has me in the mood to think about spring and the traditional Greek foods that are eaten in spring.

This isn't something I have thought of before! In Greece, what is in season in early spring? I looked online and I saw some dishes that involved onions, fava beans, foraged greens - some of them, like dandelion, do seem to taste better in early spring. I appreciate your thoughts.

Early spring dandelion and chicory don't need much to make them taste amazing. They taste great fresh and in a salad. Once the growing season progresses you pretty much need to boil them to take some of the bitterness out. This time of year, gently cooking all the new spring foods that you can forage outside is the way to go, if you cook them at all (I don't recommend cooking the early dandelions). They get bitter shortly after they flower, but we have some time before that happens.