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Gemista is a signature dish of Greece; we have verified places to eat it in Thessaloniki. Start with where to eat Gemista in Thessaloniki.
Tomatoes, peppers and aubergines hollowed and stuffed with rice flavoured with herbs, pine nuts, raisins and tomato pulp, baked until the vegetables collapse and the rice absorbs the juice. The Thessaloniki summer table.
Gemista (the stuffed ones) belong to the Ottoman-rooted family of dolmades that runs across the Eastern Mediterranean. The Thessaloniki version leans heavily on Macedonian summer produce and is traditionally lathera, cooked in olive oil with no meat, eaten through the Lenten fasts and the August heat.
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Where to eat Gemista in Thessaloniki: the editor picks
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Learn to make authentic Greek dishes in a hands-on cooking class in Thessaloniki. Prepare dishes like dolmadakia, Greek salad, and moussaka, then enjoy your creations ...
