Sharing is at the heart of Greek cuisine. Many of our best Greek recipes are meant to be savoured with friends and family over long lunches of char-grilled seafood, slow-cooked legs of lamb and zingy Greek salads. A feast for the senses, Greek food is vibrant, colourful, and varied—ideal for sharing and crafting your own plate of unique colours, aromas and flavours.
For this same reason, Greek-style dishes make ideal crowd-pleasers when entertaining.
For some hands-on Hellenic feasting ideas, our favourite Greek dishes deliver classic Mediterranean flavours with a few modern twists. We have traditional, mouthwatering mains, like moussaka, stuffed eggplant, grilled calamari and chicken souvlaki. We’ve also got Greek snacks, such as salmon keftedes, saganaki and grilled haloumi, and taramasalata. And don’t forget the tzatziki!
Of course, we have Greek lamb recipes, too — think, lamb cutlets and lamb meatballs, as well as the classic roast. Plus, you’ll find a couple of Greek salads that belong with any Greek spread.
Looking for more Hellenic recipes?
Greek fennel and leek pie (marathopita)
Chef and restaurateur Jonathan Barthelmess shares the secrets to one of his favourite family recipes.
Slow-cooked lamb shoulder with rosemary pesto
Succulent lamb with a swipe of this herbaceous rosemary pesto is a flavourful take on the classic Sunday roast.
Christian Ryan’s wallaby yiros with herbed yoghurt and salsa
“Here, we’ve taken delicate Tasmanian wallaby and added it to a classic Greek street dish,” says chef Christian Ryan.
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Skillet spanakopita
This spanakopita is made in one pan, making it a perfect weeknight meal.
Hellenika’s silverbeet and veal dolmades with tzatziki
While a little fiddly, these dolmades are well worth the effort.
Grilled calamari salad with yoghurt and ouzo dressing
A calamari salad perfect for your next alfresco feast.
Greek lamb cutlets with feta skordalia and crushed olives
Our Greek-style lamb cutlets, finished with traditional feta skordalia and crushed olives, is primed for weeknight cooking. Opa!
Greek rice pudding with pistachios and lemon (Rizogalo)
This Greek rice pudding recipe with the sweetness of vanilla, pistachio and candied lemon will become a winter favourite.
Hellenika’s chicken souvlaki
You’ve never had chicken souvlaki this good. This recipe, courtesy of Brisbane’s Hellenika, is sure to become your new go-to.
Hellenika’s Corfu bianco with John Dory, potato, onions and lemon
This recipe for Corfu bianco comes courtesy of Simon Gloftis, the owner of Hellenika in Brisbane. It tastes of the Greek Islands.
Fennel-spiced lamb ribs with goat’s curd tzatziki
Flavours of aniseed bring a sweet side to these Greek-style lamb ribs.
Stuffed eggplant with shredded chicken and mozzarella
A comforting eggplant recipe that epitomises the big-flavoured goodness of Greek home cooking.
Simon Gloftis’ avgolemono: how to make it, and its significance in his family
”Every Greek understands the importance of avgolemono. It’s one thing I’ll eat for the rest of my life.”
Greek lamb meatballs with orzo, tomato-garlic sauce and fried oregano
A quick and easy lamb meatballs recipe primed for weeknight dinners.
Vegetable moussaka
Our vegetable-heavy spin on the cheesy Greek classic.
Hellenika’s Greek salad
Take your salad to the next level with this authentic Greek salad from Hellenika.
Kafeneion’s yellow split pea dip
Originating on the Greek islands of Santorini and Crete, fava is a fluffy yellow split pea dip typically served warm with charred pita bread.
Greek pork with silverbeet and olives
A Mediterranean meal that’s big on flavour and a cinch to make.
Kolokithopita (Greek pumpkin pie)
Greece’s spectacular coiled-pastry creation.
Salmon keftedes with winter rémoulade and grilled pita
The Greek meatball gets a pescatarian-friendly makeover in this quick and easy keftedes recipe.
Kafeneion’s Greek fillo orange cake with orange syrup (portokalopita)
Melbourne Greek pop-up Kafeneion shares its syrupy orange cake recipe that uses fillo instead of flour for an interesting texture.
Crunchy garlic and tomato pasta (skordomakaronada)
A staple pasta dish in Mediterranean households — and soon yours, too.
How to make tsoureki (Easter bread)
Yes, it’s laden with tradition and symbolism, but tsoureki is also a really tasty treat.
Flounder with avgolemono sauce
The delicate flavours of flounder are elevated by the richness of a traditional Greek avgolemono sauce in a sensory escape to the Greek Islands.
Revithokeftedes (chickpea fritters with herb and garlic yoghurt)
Serve these crunchy fritters with a glass of ouzo this summer
Prawn yiouvetsi
A classic Greek dish of prawn, risoni, oregano and fennel. What’s not to love?
Greek-style lamb shoulder and bean stew
Hearty chunks of lamb and gorgeous green beans – a match made in culinary heaven.
Spiced galaktoboureko with herb and lemon syrup
A flaky, Greek-inspired dessert served with a zesty syrup.
Christian Ryan’s fennel, honey and ouzo baba with peaches and cream
Flavours of fennel and honey give this baba a Greek upgrade.
Swordfish souvlaki with lemon and herb pilaf
A fresh, summery take on Greek seafood souvlaki.
Braised lamb neck moussaka
Recipe by Matthew Kemp from The Burlington restaurant in Sydney.
Greek lamb chops with braised silverbeet, feta and oregano
Silverbeet and currants braised in wine make for a sweet-and-sour combination that’s the perfect foil for the richness of lamb.
Greek pastry puffs with lemon curd
Australian Gourmet Traveller dessert recipe for Greek pastry puffs with lemon curd (tiganites).
Greek-style butter bean salad
Initially a winter salad at Greca restaurant, it’s turned into a year-round dish because it tastes so good.
George Calombaris: Sheftalies (Cypriot souvlaki)
Australian Gourmet Traveller Cypriot recipe for sheftalies (Cypriot souvlaki) by George Calombaris.
