This is how the Mediterranean grills: Greece

Philipp Elsbrock, 15.07.2022

Greeks boast of cultivating a relatively archaic form of grilling

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Among the things that have yet to be discovered by the world is the affinity between grilled meat and yoghurt. For the Greeks, who found most things before the rest of us Europeans, this is nothing new. Yoghurt and barbecue go hand in hand on the Greek mainland and islands. If you stop and say, »Wait a minute, but we know and love tzatziki,« you're not wrong. But there is much more than this version with cucumber, garlic and herbs that is needed to be happy. Yoghurt goes well with grilled chicken. With marinated lamb from the grill. With skewers. With steak and grilled aubergine. It also goes well with grilled peaches - although we might have thought of that ourselves.

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