# The best dishes of Cretan cuisine

Dakos, kalitsounia and apaki: the starters, specialities and drinks of Crete as listed by Greek Wikipedia.

- 21 votes · 17 items
- Jun 17, 2021 · petrolhead96
- https://even.best/en/l/2212/the-best-dishes-of-cretan-cuisine

## Top 17

1. **Dakos** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Barley rusk with tomato, mizithra and olive oil.
2. **Apaki** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Smoked pork marinated in vinegar.
3. **Gamopilafo** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Wedding pilaf cooked in meat broth.
4. **Siglino** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Cretan salted, cured pork.
5. **Sfougato** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Omelette with courgettes and potatoes.
6. **Marathopita** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Pie with wild fennel.
7. **Fakorizo** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Lentils cooked with rice.
8. **Kalitsounia** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Small pies with mizithra cheese or greens.
9. **Pork with celery** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Pork cooked with celery in egg-lemon sauce.
10. **Broad beans with greens** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fresh broad beans with wild greens.
11. **Kayianas** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Eggs scrambled with tomato and cheese.
12. **Hare stifado** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hare stew with small onions and wine.
13. **Tsikoudia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Crete's grape-pomace spirit.
14. **Rakomelo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tsikoudia warmed with honey.
15. **Chochlioi boubouristi** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Snails fried face-down with salt, vinegar and rosemary.
16. **Courgette flowers** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Courgette flowers stuffed with rice.
17. **Mizithropita** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Mizithra cheese pie.

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