Spetzofai grec
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Spetzofai grec

15m
Prépa
40m
Cuisson
4
Portions
Facile
Difficulté

Saucisse de campagne mijotée avec poivrons doux, tomate et huile d'olive, un classique rustique à la poêle.

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Portions

4portions

Ingrédients

Nutrition

calories430
protein18g
carbs13g
fat33g
fiber3g

Par portion

Étapes

Prep sausage and peppers

Prep sausage and peppers

Cut the sausage into thick diagonal pieces, about 2 cm. Slice the peppers into wide strips, discarding seeds and stems, and thinly slice the onion and garlic. Having everything cut before you start cooking keeps the pan moving quickly.

  • 500 g sausage
  • 6 sweet peppers
  • 1 hot pepper
  • 1 large onion
  • 3 cloves garlic

✅ C'est prêt quand : all the sausage, peppers, onion and garlic are sliced and ready beside the stove

Sear the sausage

Sear the sausage

Heat the olive oil in a wide, heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage pieces and let them brown well on both cut sides without moving them too much; this browning builds most of the deep flavour in the dish. Lift the sausage out onto a plate; it does not need to be fully cooked yet, as it will finish later in the sauce.

  • 60 ml olive oil
  • 500 g sausage

✅ C'est prêt quand : the sausage pieces are deeply browned on both sides

⏱6:00

Soften the peppers

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Build the sauce

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Finish the sausage

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Season and rest

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History & Culture

The Story Behind the Dish

📍 Pelion and Thessaly, Greece📅 Rural tradition, 19th–20th century🌶️ GR

Spetzofai comes from the mountain villages of Pelion in Thessaly, a region famous for its orchards, its country sausages, and its long green frying peppers that ripen sweet in late summer. Shepherds and farm families made it as a filling one-pan meal using whatever sausage and peppers they had on hand, cooked slowly in local olive oil over a wood fire.

The name is thought to echo Italian cooking words brought by Venetian traders along the Greek coast, hinting at a dish built from small, chopped pieces simmered together. Today it is a taverna favourite all over Greece, usually ordered as a shared starter with bread, though it makes an equally satisfying main course.

⭐ Why It's Famous

It turns humble country sausage and summer peppers into something rich and deeply savoury, with the sauce as important as the sausage itself.

💡 Fun Fact

In Pelion, cooks sometimes mix a few hot peppers in among the sweet ones, so every spoonful of spetzofai carries a small, unpredictable kick.

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Pelion and Thessaly, Greece

39.37°N, 22.38°E