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How to make Cretan meat cake!

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francescool

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This is super similar to a meat pie or chicken pie. It's a super traditional Cretan recipe that has now spread to different parts of Greece. If you want to try something new or impress your friends you should try it out. I like to get fresh herbs to mix in as well :) Let me know if you like this recipe

 
For those who don't speak Greek, here is a recipe of the same dish, but of course the recipe isn't exactly the same. The overall gist of the dish is, though. Follow this recipe instead!

Cretan Meat Pie (Kreatotourta) Recipe - Food.com

This traditional Cretan recipe is one of our favorite Greek dishes. I had this many times in a restaurant and wanted to reproduce this at home. The o
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xmelissaa said:
For those who don't speak Greek, here is a recipe of the same dish, but of course the recipe isn't exactly the same. The overall gist of the dish is, though. Follow this recipe instead!

Cretan Meat Pie (Kreatotourta) Recipe - Food.com

This traditional Cretan recipe is one of our favorite Greek dishes. I had this many times in a restaurant and wanted to reproduce this at home. The o
www.food.com www.food.com
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Thanks for sharing the English language version of this recipe. I don't know Greek well enough to follow it from the video!
 
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