Our menu | ΑΥΛΗ των Μαλίων

Also available in: Ελληνικα

- Starters
- Homemade bread
  
  Freshly baked in our wood oven drizzled with aromatic olive oil of our production.
- Fava
  
  A delicious puree of yellow split peas with spring onions and virgin olive oil.
- Tzatziki
  
  A blend of Greek yoghurt shredded cucumber and garlic. Served with our freshly, wood oven baked bread.
- Tirokafteri
  
  Delicious creamy blend made of Feta cheese, yogurt and spicy peppers from north Greece. Served with our freshly wood oven baked bread.
- “Patzarosalata” (beetroot salad)
  
  Delicious blend of beets, walnuts, pear and green apple topped with yogurt glaze.
- Feta rolls
  
  Feta cheese wrapped in 'kadaifi' (flour noodles) baked in our wood oven and served on tomato jam.
- Pasalimata (dippers)
  
  Tzatziki, tirokafteri and beetroot salad served in dips, accompanied with our freshly, wood oven baked bread.
- Kagianas
  
  A traditional recipe with a mix of scrambled eggs, fresh tomatoes and ‘soutzouki’ (traditional sausage made of lamb, beef and herbs), topped with grated Feta cheese and served on toasted homemade bread.
- Stuffed mushroom
  
  With sundried tomato, Cretan Gruyere cheese and ‘soutzouki’ (traditional sausage made of lamb, beef and herbs)
- Homemade chips ‘Tiganites patates’
  
  Hand cut chunky chips dusted with sea salt and oregano.
- Patates fournou (Potatoes in the oven)
  
  Oven baked with olive oil and oregano.
- Pumpkin balls
  
  A mix of pumpkin, feta cheese and fresh oregano, deep fried and served with aromatic yogurt dip.
- Gigantes
  
  Giant white beans baked in our wood oven, in a tomato sauce with celery, carrots and red peppers.
- “Apaki” (Traditional Cretan cured pork)
  
  Home smoked pork slices, lightly grilled and served on fresh tomato slices & rockets and drizzled with grape syrup.
- Beef liver
  
  Sautéed with rosemary and caramelized with balsamic vinegar.
- Homemade sausage
  
  Our own recipe fresh pork and beef sausage mixed with ‘stamnagathi’ (wild local greens) and smoked Μetsovone cheese.
- from the sepherd
- Cretan Gruyere
  
  Cretan Gruyere cheese with our barley rusk and olives.
- Talagani
  
  Talagani : Grilled Greek goat cheese drizzled with homemade spicy tomato and olive sauce.
- Smoked cheese from Metsovo
  
  Grilled and accompanied with homemade citrus sweet jam.
- Grilled Haloumi cheese
  
  In skewers with cherry tomato, mushrooms and zucchini, drizzled with ‘petimezi’ (sweet syrup made of grape juice).
- 'Tirilogia' - a trilogy of Greek cheeses
  
  Grilled Manouri, Haloumi, and Talagani cheeses served with roasted cherry tomatoes and lemon chutney.
- Salads
- Seasonal Steamed greens
  
  With lemon and olive oil dressing.
- Grilled vegetables
  
  Fresh seasonal vegetables drenched with lemon & olive oil dressing and grated Manouri cheese.
- Cretan salad
  
  With skin on baked potato, boiled farm fresh egg, tomatoes, cucumber, onion, olives, green peppers, barley rusk, local white cheese and olive oil dressing.
- Avli salad
  
  Mixed seasonal greens, cherry tomatoes with cashew nuts and cretan apaki, in a Gruyere local cheese crust drizzled with sundried tomato vinegret.
- Cake salad
  
  Green salad with caramelized nuts, fresh tomato chutney and balsamic syrup.

- House specialities
- ‘Skioufihta’, traditional homemade pasta
  
  Cooked with our homemade sausage, in tomato, mushroom and sage sauce. Topped with freshly grated Manouri cheese.
  
  VEGETARIAN OPTION available (without sausage)
- Stuffed chicken
  
  Chicken fillet stuffed with Cretan gruyere cheese and fresh herbs and cooked in white wine sauce. Served with oven baked potatoes and grilled vegetables.
- Stuffed pork tenderloin
  
  Cooked in local red wine sauce with plums and stuffed with Talagani cheese. Served on mash potato and grilled vegetables.
- Lime and honey salmon steak
  
  Fresh salmon in lime and honey sauce served with fresh seasonal vegetables.
- Mushroom fillet steak
  
  Tender 8oz. (230 gr.) fillet steak sautéed with fresh mushrooms and finished with Mavrodafni of Patra sweet red wine. Served on fresh mashed potatoes and crispy coated fried onions.
- Desserts
- Ice cream
  
  Made from fresh milk. Choice of vanilla, chocolate or both and a choice of strawberry or chocolate sauce.
- Politiko
  
  Traditional syrupy cake base topped with fresh cream made of fresh milk and farm fresh eggs. Dusted with cinnamon.
- Galaktoboureko
  
  Traditional Greek dessert with cream made from fresh milk, wrapped in filo pastry and freshly cooked in our wood oven.
- Chocolate souffle
  
  With dairy vanilla ice cream.
- from our wood oven
- Gigantes (giant white beans) in gastra
  
  Cooked in fresh tomato sauce with celery, carrots, red peppers and our homemade sausage.
  
  Available also as vegetarian, without sausage.
  
  *gastra is a ramekin pot with lid
- Oxtail in the wood oven
  
  Cooked in tomato sauce with vegetables and served on fresh mash potato.
- Lamb with Gruyere cheese, in foil
  
  Slow roasted fresh lamb with Cretan Gruyere, tomatoes, fresh herbs and potatoes.
- Pork shank (for 2)
  
  Marinated and slow cooked in tomato sauce accompanied with handmade Cretan pasta and topped with grated Manouri cheese.
- from the grill
- Biftekara, the big burger
  
  Greek style mega meat patty 250gr. made of 100% fresh minced beef and stuffed with Metsovone smoked cheese. Served with spicy sauce made of fresh red peppers.
- Stuffed pork chop
  
  Large pork chop with the bone stuffed with local Gruyere cheese & sundried tomato and accompanied with mustard dip.
- Souvlaki (700 gr)
  
  The famous Greek dish with marinated chunks of chicken or pork, skewered with tomatoes, onions and peppers. Served with warm pita bread and mustard sauce.
- Mosharisia (10oz. Sirloin steak)
  
  Tender sirloin steak (300 γρ.) cooked as you like and finished with fresh herbs aromatic butter.
- Aged Ribeye Steak
  
  Home dry aged Ribeye 300 gr., full of flavour and very tender.