All Mediterranean Recipes
Explore Authentic and Modern Mediterranean recipes — from savory breakfasts to hearty dinners and fresh salads. All made with love, flavor, and tradition by a mediterranean Recipes lover.
Spanakopita Mummies: Squeeze the Spinach Until You Think You’re Done, Then Squeeze Again
October 12, 2026
Written by Ines Zahraoui — Tunisian home cook and co-founder of The Mediterranean Recipe, developing and testing recipes in her own kitchen since 2020. More about Ines → Soggy spanakopita is not a phyllo problem. It is a water problem, and it is entirely solvable. A pound of thawed frozen spinach can release a substantial
Witch Broom Churros: Use a Closed Star Nozzle, Never a Round One
September 17, 2026
Written by Ines Zahraoui — Tunisian home cook and co-founder of The Mediterranean Recipe, developing and testing recipes in her own kitchen since 2020. More about Ines → Churros are ridged for a reason, and it is not decoration. Those grooves increase the surface area exposed to oil, which creates more crisp edges. They may
Ghost Cannoli: Buy the Shells, Drain the Ricotta Overnight
September 17, 2026
Written by Ines Zahraoui — Tunisian home cook and co-founder of The Mediterranean Recipe, developing and testing recipes in her own kitchen since 2020. More about Ines → I am going to tell you to buy the shells, which is not the sort of thing a recipe site is supposed to say. Making ghost cannoli
Witch Finger Za’atar Breadsticks: Press the Nails In Before You Bake
September 16, 2026
Written by Ines Zahraoui — Tunisian home cook and co-founder of The Mediterranean Recipe, developing and testing recipes in her own kitchen since 2020. More about Ines → Every witch finger recipe I have made from the internet has told me to stick the almond nails on afterwards, with cream cheese or melted chocolate or
Red Pepper Blood Soup Shooters: Serve Them Cold
September 16, 2026
Written by Ines Zahraoui — Tunisian home cook and co-founder of The Mediterranean Recipe, developing and testing recipes in her own kitchen since 2020. More about Ines → Twenty small glasses of deep red on a dark tray, carried into a candlelit room, create the visual for these Halloween soup shooters. The recipe uses everyday
Squid Ink Halloween Pasta: Use Far Less Ink Than You Think
September 15, 2026
Written by Ines Zahraoui — Tunisian home cook and co-founder of The Mediterranean Recipe, developing and testing recipes in her own kitchen since 2020. More about Ines → This is a real dish, this is real squid ink pasta. I want to say that first, because black pasta turns up every October dressed as a
Mummy-Wrapped Dates: Crisp Phyllo Bandages With Halloumi & Goat Cheese
September 11, 2026
Written by Ines Zahraoui — Tunisian home cook and co-founder of The Mediterranean Recipe, developing and testing recipes in her own kitchen since 2020. More about Ines → Every party has one thing that vanishes before anyone reaches the table: these mummy-wrapped dates. For about eight years running, at my house, it has been these.
Do Italians Celebrate Halloween? Ognissanti, All Souls’ Day and the Food of the Italian Dead
September 9, 2026
Italy has its own days for the dead on 1 and 2 November — older than Halloween, quieter, and mostly about baking. What Italians actually observe.
Spider-Web Hummus Platter: The Trick Is Which Way You Drag the Toothpick
September 6, 2026
Written by Ines Zahraoui — Tunisian home cook and co-founder of The Mediterranean Recipe, developing and testing recipes in her own kitchen since 2020. More about Ines → I am going to be straight with you: spider-web hummus is not an original idea. There are thousands of spider-web hummus platters online and you have seen
Monster Baba Ganoush Bowls: Your Eggplant Isn’t Burnt Enough
September 6, 2026
Written by Ines Zahraoui — Tunisian home cook and co-founder of The Mediterranean Recipe, developing and testing recipes in her own kitchen since 2020. More about Ines → Almost all bad baba ganoush is bad for exactly one reason, and it is not the tahini. You did not burn the eggplant enough. Not roasted, not