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Classic Chian recipes with step-by-step instructions. Watch the video, print the recipe, and find the key ingredients in our shop.

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🍦 Easy Featured
⏱ 35 min 👥 Serves 6

Mastiha Ice Cream — Kaimaki

The silky, pine-scented ice cream of the Greek islands

🍝 Medium Featured
⏱ 70 min 👥 Serves 4

Soutzoukakia Chiou

Spiced meatballs in rich tomato sauce — the soul food of Chios

🧀 Easy Featured
⏱ 15 min 👥 Serves 4

Grilled Mastelo with Fig Jam

Chios's legendary sheep milk cheese, grilled golden and served with island fig jam

🫙 Medium
⏱ 110 min 👥 Serves 6

Stuffed Vine Leaves — Dolmades Chiou

Hand-rolled vine leaves filled with herb rice and a whisper of mastic

🍞 Advanced
⏱ 215 min 👥 Serves 1

Mastiha Tsoureki — Easter Bread

The fragrant braided bread of Greek Easter, scented with mastic and mahlab

🐙 Medium
⏱ 105 min 👥 Serves 4

Octopus with Mastiha & Orzo

Slow-braised octopus with orzo pasta and the haunting flavor of Chios mastic

Cooking with Mastic

Chios mastic adds a haunting, piney-sweet complexity to both sweet and savory dishes. It's used in ice cream, bread, meatballs, liqueur, and much more.

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