1 package (6 ounce/172 grams) rolled grape leaves. With appropriate food storage or flower care, you may enjoy even more. Grilled calamari/octopus.
Fresh and grilled vegetables. Sliced hard boiled eggs. Let me know what variations you try! 170 g feta cheese (6 oz), cut into strips or cubed. A Mezze Tray includes a variety of things, usually filled with cheeses, dips, fresh produce, pita bread, seafood and more. Serving with a meze platter. Drizzle olive oil over the hummus and top with toasted pine nuts (optional). 1 7 oz Can Dolmas (Stuffed Grape Leaves). Green olive puree and green olives. Sheep or Goat Cheese. A drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.. most importantly, LOTS and LOTS of fresh PITA is known as the "Greek spoon". 1 recipe Greek potatoes.
Whatever I can't find there, I supplement with produce from either Bristol Farms and Whole Foods. You can reheat the Falafel in a 350 degree oven for 10- 12 minutes and place them on the platter just as you are serving it. It's served with ice or with very cold water added to the Ouzo, and slowly sipped. Sometimes with added bread or nuts for body and flavor. 3 Persian cucumbers, stems removed, diced. Grilled zucchini and other veggies. Serve over vanilla ice cream. It will really add to the Greek flavours. This is all best eaten straight away (or over a couple of hours as your guests graze and enjoy drinks). Or the Muhammara ("what's that", you might ask over a gin fizz). Some people prepare a Meze Platter as a fancy way to enjoy a different antipasto platter. Mezze Platter is a vegetarian grazing platter of delicious food. Fit your crackers and pita bread into the remaining spaces. I also like to place the feta now as it is another large item.
Fried Greek Cheeses - Saganaki or Halloumi. Greek Salad - Horiatiki. What exactly is a mezze platter? Served on a platter. They'll love sampling all the different elements, and you'll love the easy prep. I love serving Feta the Greek way! All that prep not for you? With our guests in mind, we've reimagined tabbouleh, creating a beautiful, nutrient-rich dish that retains all the flavor and satisfaction of the classic, without all those carbs and calories. Spread out the prep. Time-saving Hack: buy dips from the store.
If making homemade dips, prepare according to directions. This means this Mediterranean Mezze platter is perfect for those nights when you don't want to cook. Veggie Sneak– Easy way to sneak in more veggies into everyone's diet by offering yummy spreads and dips to accompany them. Here are some other foods you can add onto your board that aren't Greek but still great for dipping! Tzatziki (Greek yogurt dip). Guys, if you're anything like me, you looove entertaining friends and family.
For the purposes of a big board with lots of other things, I usually save myself the heartache and buy vegetable and rice-stuffed grape leaves either from the prepared foods section in some of the bigger flagship Whole Foods Markets, or from a Greek or Middle Eastern restaurant. To prepare the meze platters, simply choose 4-7 different items per platter and place decoratively on large platters, so that there is a variety of color, texture, and foods. A meze platter can be small or large depending how many people you are having. But guess what, there are many cheeses produced in regions around the Mediterranean and an Epic Mezze Platter is a good reason to seek those cheeses out and learn about them.