Edible flowers at Rediviva

edible flowers collected daily

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Every morning we collect organically grown edible flowers from our garden at Chortiatis in order to serve them cooked or raw in our cooperative restaurant Rediviva. The culinary use of flowers dates back thousands of years to the Chinese, Greek and Romans. In the traditional Greek cuisine zucchini flowers are…

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‘Marinaki’, salad with marinated young zucchinis and borage

Every morning we pick the young zucchinis from our garden; needless to mention they are organically grown…. We marinate them with organic extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, lime juice and fresh herbs; spearmint, basilica, mint and lemon verbena. We serve them in a unique dish with ‘xygalo’ (sour cheese…

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