Spanakopita, made with feta and spinach, is one of the most popular Greek pies. Credit: Alpha/Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 2.0Although Greek food is known and loved around the world, one specific type of traditional food, the Greek pie, holds a special place in the country’s cuisine, as it is among the oldest, simplest and most delicious dishes one can find in Greece.
”Pites,” as they are known in Greek, have so many variations that it may be impossible to count precisely how many different kinds of Greek pies there are out there.
Nonetheless, regardless of their fillings or their different types of scrumptious crusts, Greek pies share some basic common characteristics:
They are made of the simplest yet most delicious ingredients and they can feed a lot of hungry people.
The countless variations of Greek pies
The world-famous Greek cheese pie (tyropita) and spinach pie (spanakopita) are only some of the kinds that Greek immigrants introduced to the United States. But, just like in Greece, Americans can now savor over 50 different kinds of Greek pies.
