Greek Christmas Recipes

If you love Greek Recipes, then you are going to love these Greek Christmas Recipes. These recipes are delicious and easy to make.

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Impress your family and friends this holiday season with one of these delicious Greek Recipes. These recipes are easy to make and would be a great addition to your Christmas table.

You can even make a Traditional Greek Christmas dinner with these recipes. We have included appetizers, desserts, and main dishes. All simple ingredients and sure to be enjoyed by all.

Easy Christmas Greek Recipes
1. Greek Pasta Salad
2. Ina Garten Greek Salad
3. Creamy Greek Salad
4. Greek Chicken Marinade
5. Greek Yogurt Pancakes
6. Roasted Lamb Shanks
7. Greek Figs in a Blanket
8. Greek Christmas Bread
9. Greek Honey Cookies
10. Greek Walnut Cake with Sweet Syrup
11. Greek Sweet Fries
12. Crispy Leek Spinach and Feta Filo Rolls
13. Sweet Greek Christmas Bread
14. Spanakopita Spinach Dip
15. Greek Honey Ouzo Roasted Turkey Thighs
16. Greek Salad
17. Greek Christmas Chestnut Soup
18. Chocolate Olive Oil Fruit Cake
19. Braised Chestnuts and Shallots
20. Greek Style Pork Loin
21. Greek Diples
22. Greek Chocolate and Biscuit Dessert
23. Greek Baklava
24. Greek-Style Mulled Red Wine
25. Vasilopita Cake
26. Greek Lemon Potatoes
27. Potato Gratin With Feta
28. Kariokes
29. Greek Stuffed Cabbage Rolls in Lemon Sauce
30. Greek Style Fried Cheese Ball
31. Honeyed Fried Dough Strips
32. Greek Spinach Pie
33. Greek Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb
34. Greek Almond Cookies
35. Galatopita Greek Milk Pie

Easy Christmas Greek Recipes

Christmas time is the perfect time to enjoy recipes from other countries. We love to make one or two of these Greek desserts just for fun.

From Greek pasta salad to Greek Style Pork Loin there is a recipe for everyone to try for unforgettable holiday feast.

1. Greek Pasta Salad

The pasta helps to stretch all of the ingredients and you can make a huge bowl for very little. Whenever I make this, everyone wants to know the recipe. Greek Pasta Salad is a must try.

Greek Pasta Salad

Greek Pasta Salad Recipe is so easy and very frugal to prepare. Tons of veggies and pasta with the best flavor make this pasta salad recipe a family favorite.

Greek Pasta Salad

2. Ina Garten Greek Salad

This delicious salad is loaded with bold flavors. Feta cheese, vegetables and a delicious vinaigrette dressing makes this the perfect summer salad.

Ina Garten Greek Salad

This Barefoot Contessa copycat recipe is loaded with flavor and easy to make.

Ina Garten Greek Salad

3. Creamy Greek Salad

There is just something so delicious and refreshing about this salad. The tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and more blended with lots of olives and feta cheese. This is perfect served on a Greek Christmas table.

Creamy Greek Salad

Everyone will love this Easy Greek Salad Recipe full of veggies, feta and more.

Creamy Greek Salad

4. Greek Chicken Marinade

It is super easy to make Greek marinade for chicken. We love marinating chicken because it results in such tender and flavorful meat. The marinade ingredients are very simple and you probably have a lot of these in your pantry already.

Greek Chicken Marinade

Greek Chicken Marinade is a delicious blend of fresh lemon juice, herbs, seasoning and more. This Greek yogurt marinade is easy to make and taste amazing on chicken.

Greek Chicken Marinade

5. Greek Yogurt Pancakes

Make these Greek Yogurt pancakes for Christmas morning. They are loaded with flavor and easy to make. Top with fresh fruit and maple syrup for a delicious breakfast.

Greek Yogurt Pancakes

You are going to love these easy greek pancakes recipe. They are fully pancakes that are packed with flavor!

Greek Yogurt Pancakes

6. Roasted Lamb Shanks

This is the perfect Greek Christmas foods. It cooks perfectly with onions, potatoes and more.

Roasted Lamb Shanks

Lamb shanks may take some time to make, but they are mostly hands-off and require very little prep to make them divinely tender and delicious!

Roasted Lamb Shanks

7. Greek Figs in a Blanket

This is a traditional appetizer in Northern Greece. It is loaded with flavor and cooks perfect on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Greek Figs in a Blanket

Try figs in a blanket with the delicious succulent dried figs from northern Evia with a cheese mixture made with feta, cream cheese or goat cheese and oregano.

Greek Figs in a Blanket

8. Greek Christmas Bread

This is known as Christ’s Bread. It delicious with rich and distinctive flavors. You will love the warm spices and simple recipe.

Greek Christmas Bread

Greek Christmas bread owes its rich and distinctive flavor to the two aromatic spices used in this traditional Christopsomo recipe, mahleb and anise.

Greek Christmas Bread

9. Greek Honey Cookies

If you are looking for a traditional Greek cookie to make, these Greek Honey Cookies are the ones. They cook quickly and are so addictive because of how soft they are.

Greek Honey Cookies

These sweet little Greek honey cookies (melomakarona) are super quick to bake, so much fun to make and highly addictive!

Greek Honey Cookies

10. Greek Walnut Cake with Sweet Syrup

The texture of this cake is amazing. It is light, fluffy and full of cinnamon flavor. We love to dust with powdered sugar before serving.

Greek Walnut Cake with Sweet Syrup

Karidopita is a beautiful Greek walnut cake, soaked in a cinnamon-infused sweet syrup and topped with whipped cream or ice cream.

Greek Walnut Cake with Sweet Syrup

11. Greek Sweet Fries

Take your dessert to the next level with the Greek Sweet Fries.

Greek Sweet Fries

Crisp, fried pastries, in flower bud shapes, Xerotigana are a tradition on the island of Crete given to guests at weddings and other special celebrations.

Greek Sweet Fries

12. Crispy Leek Spinach and Feta Filo Rolls

We love to serve these Spinach and Feta Rolls for an easy appetizer.

Crispy Leek Spinach and Feta Filo Rolls

Nothing fancy, just flavorful seasonal ingredients and simple dishes, all prepared with care.

Crispy Leek Spinach and Feta Filo Rolls

13. Sweet Greek Christmas Bread

Mix the simple ingredients in a stand mixer for a delicious Christmas bread recipe.

Sweet Greek Christmas Bread

It’s not difficult to mix the ingredients and knead them together either by hand or using a stand mixer, and it takes only about 15 minutes.

Sweet Greek Christmas Bread

14. Spanakopita Spinach Dip

If you love spinach dip, then you need to try this Greek Spinach dip. Serve with homemade pita chips for amazing appetizer.

Spanakopita Spinach Dip

Flavored with fresh dill, garlic and lemon, it’s the perfect appetizer served with homemade pita chips.

Spanakopita Spinach Dip

15. Greek Honey Ouzo Roasted Turkey Thighs

Change up your holiday meat with this turkey thigh recipe. It is loaded with flavor and easy to make.

Greek Honey Ouzo Roasted Turkey Thighs

My Greek recipe for “gravy” is more a dolloping of the plump, fleshy Greek figs, from Taxiarchon in Northern Evvoia, cooked in either ouzo or sweet wine, such as Mavrodaphne, with a hint of orange.

Greek Honey Ouzo Roasted Turkey Thighs

16. Greek Salad

This Greek Salad is light and refreshing and the best salad recipe. It is always on our Greek Christmas dinner table.

Greek Salad

This easy Greek salad recipe is our new favorite summer side dish! Just 7 ingredients + a simple Greek salad dressing make it refreshing & delicious.

Greek Salad

17. Greek Christmas Chestnut Soup

I love serving this soup on a cold day. It is the perfect soup to serve after a full day of eating Christmas dinner.

Greek Christmas Chestnut Soup

This recipe uses chestnut, one of the traditional ingredients in the rice stuffing for the Christmas or New Year’s turkey. It's made with fennel, leeks, garlic, potatoes, and 50 cleaned chestnuts.

Greek Christmas Chestnut Soup

18. Chocolate Olive Oil Fruit Cake

This Fruit Cake is like none you have had before. Serve with fresh fruit and a delicious whipped topping.

Chocolate Olive Oil Fruit Cake

The Greek yogurt whipped topping adds tangy balance to the rich chocolate flavor. And the best part of all? This cake is an absolute snap to bake.

Chocolate Olive Oil Fruit Cake

19. Braised Chestnuts and Shallots

This is a delicious side dish that is loaded with warm spices.

Braised Chestnuts and Shallots

This unusual Greek recipe is cooked with tomatoes, garlic, chestnuts, wine, vinegar, thyme, bay leaf, cinnamon, and allspice until the chestnuts are tender and the pot juices are dense and thick.

Braised Chestnuts and Shallots

20. Greek Style Pork Loin

Enjoy this roast pork for all your Greek Christmas dinners.

Greek Style Pork Loin

A roasted garlic and herb marinated pork loin filet is baked with fresh lemon, thyme, oregano and served with lemon-roasted potatoes perfect for a quick and delicious weekday dinner in less than 30 minutes.

Greek Style Pork Loin

21. Greek Diples

We love making a Greek pastry during the holidays. These Greek Diples delicious topped with a delicious syrup.

Greek Diples

Christmas on a platter, drizzled with syrup and walnuts! Diples / Thiples are Christmas Greek pastries with honey and are named by the Greek word for “fold”.

Greek Diples

22. Greek Chocolate and Biscuit Dessert

If you are looking for a no bake dessert, make this Greek Chocolate and Biscuit Dessert. We enjoy it with a glass of orange juice.

Greek Chocolate and Biscuit Dessert

A deliciously simple, no-bake chocolate dessert made of crushed biscuits covered in chocolate and then formed into a “salami” shaped log.

Greek Chocolate and Biscuit Dessert

23. Greek Baklava

These Baklava is a traditional dessert that is super sweet and delicious. Store at room temperature for amazing flavor.

Greek Baklava

With walnuts and cinnamon layered between flaky phyllo dough brushed with melted butter, it's baked and then drizzled with sugar and sweet syrup!

Greek Baklava

24. Greek-Style Mulled Red Wine

Serve this wine with all your Greek foods for the perfect combination.

Greek-Style Mulled Wine

Get into the holiday spirit with hot red wine mulled with cinnamon, cloves and honey (krasomelo)!

Greek-Style Mulled Wine

25. Vasilopita Cake

If you looking for a homemade cake to make with your Greek Christmas dinner, this is the one to make.

Vasilopita Cake

A delicious Vasilopita recipe (Greek new year cake), infused with the aromas and blends of oranges and garnished with a thick and glossy vanilla scented sugar glaze!

Vasilopita Cake

26. Greek Lemon Potatoes

I always make these potatoes for a delicious side dish. They are even delicious with your roasted turkey.

Greek Lemon Potatoes

The unique thing about Greek Lemon Potatoes is that they are cooked in a heavily flavored lemon garlic broth so they suck up all that flavor before roasting to golden perfection.

Greek Lemon Potatoes

27. Potato Gratin With Feta

Top your potato gratin with feta cheese for delicious and creamy side.

Potato Gratin with Feta

Our favorite side dish of thinly sliced potatoes in a luscious creamy cheese sauce!

Potato Gratin with Feta

28. Kariokes

No bake desserts are my favorite and this Greek Kariokes is a family favorite.

Kariokes

They’re dead simple to make, with the preparation lasting less than half an hour and no baking required, you have to try them!

Kariokes

29. Greek Stuffed Cabbage Rolls in Lemon Sauce

These cabbage rolls are rich, delicious and easy to make.

Greek Stuffed Cabbage Rolls in Lemon Sauce

Cabbage leaves stuffed with juicy mince, rice and herby filling, topped with a delicious thick lemony flavored sauce.

Greek Stuffed Cabbage Rolls in Lemon Sauce

30. Greek Style Fried Cheese Ball

You are going to love these 3 cheese fried cheese balls. Loaded with flavor and easy to make.

Greek Style Fried Cheese Ball

They’re filled with 3 different types of cheese, coated in cheesy bread crumbs and fried to a crisp, golden perfection.

Greek Style Fried Cheese Ball

31. Honeyed Fried Dough Strips

Sweet, delicious and full of flavor dough strips.

Honeyed Fried Dough Strips

Elsewhere in Greece, these delicate fried pastry strips are called diples (THEE-pless). It's made with butter, sugar, brandy, zest, vanilla powder and more.

Honeyed Fried Dough Strips

32. Greek Spinach Pie

I love this spinach pie recipe. The crispy layer on top makes this a family favorite.

Greek Spinach Pie

Spanakopita is a delicious savory Greek pie made of perfectly crispy layers of phyllo dough and a comforting filling of spinach and feta cheese.

Greek Spinach Pie

33. Greek Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb

Surprise the family this Christmas with this delicious roasted lamb.

Greek Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb

Cooked until tender, half braised in a garlic lemon-flavored liquid that transforms into a luscious sauce – no mucking around with gravy!

Greek Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb

34. Greek Almond Cookies

These are the best authentic Greek cookies to make this holiday.

Greek Almond Cookies

This traditional Greek almond cookie is dusted with confectioner’s sugar, has the delicious flavor of toasted almonds, and a delightfully crumbly, melt-in-you-mouth texture!

Greek Almond Cookies