In our days, is not very common for housewives to create their handmade tomato paste, nevertheless, there are still some women who keep the traditions.

Those housewives are usually older women who learned to cook that way, and are not influenced by modern trends in cooking. There are also those who, even if they are younger, they learned the secrets of the homemade tomato paste and successful cooking from their mother and grandmother!

The main characteristics of homemade tomato paste is its intense flavor and smell, the bright red color and the mold resistance through time, as long as it has been correctly saved.

With thin and crispy or thicker and more satisfying pastry, they perfectly accompany your meal.
It’ s very entertaining for us in «Erofili» to make those pies! It’s a very creative procedure which we really enjoy!
But above all, hand-made «kaltsounia», as we call them, is one of the most representative ways that we have chosen to bring you closer to the traditional gastronomy of our place.

Except for the pastry, the filling is also an interesting part of this recipe. At first, the most familiar taste you recognize is spinach, which is a very well-known ingredient. But you are definitely going to be amazed by the taste and smell of the various other wild greens in the filling!

Feta

Traditional feta, which you find in kaltsounia most of the times, is a very important ingredient as well!