Garlic Sauce

Skordalia

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    3 cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Foods of Greece

By Aglaia Kremezi

Published 1993

  • About

Skordalia is ubiquitous to Greek cooking—you find it served as a spread, with meze for ouzo or wine, to accompany fried or boiled fish, and even served with meat dishes. Ancient Greeks had a sauce called skorodalmi that contained garlic, salt, and vinegar, similar to the skordostumbi one finds in Northern Greece today. Skordalia is even used to cook vegetables, meat, or fish. In some parts of Greece, especially in the Peloponnese, skordalia is prepa