Food on Corfu

Visitors to Corfu, who have been to other areas of Greece, will be surprised to see different food on
the menus.

This is partly due to the Venetian influence, pasta playing
a large role in the Corfiot dishes.
Tavernas (restaurants) serve standard Greek food,
but many include Cor­fiot specialities on their menus




Specialities to try include :

Keftedes - Traditional Ionian meatballs made from fresh mince

Pastitsada - Chunks of meat slowly cooked in a tomato and onion sauce and served with pasta. You can find this made with beef, chicken or even cockerel!

Pastichio - An oven baked dish similar to lasagne. Mincemeat in a tomato sauce is mixed with pasta and topped with a bechamel sauce

Gouvetsi - Lamb or beef in a tomato sauce with small seed pasta baked in the oven

Sofrito - Veal cooked slowly in a fragrant garlic sauce

Stifado - Beef and small sweet onion stew in a red sauce - this is sometimes cooked with rabbit

Bourdeto - Fish served in a spicy red sauce

Bianco - Fish and potatoes served in a white sauce