Skopelos, Traditional dishes

Skopelos is known for its unique cuisine with seafood and its sweets.
The best known dishes are:

• Astakos Giouvetsi (Lobster baked with orzo pasta)
• Rofos Stifado (Dusky Grouper cooked with onions)
• Gemistoi Achinoi (Stuffed Sea Urchins)
• Petalides me Ryzi (Barnacles with rice)
• Bakaliaros me Patates-Damaskina-Domata (Codfish with potatoes, plums and tomatoes)
• Kavouria me Manestra (Crab with Orzo pasta casserole)
• Aratistes me Meli (Gruel with honey for breakfast)
• Chamalia (sweets with almonds and rosewater, topped with sugar)
• Amygdalota (Marzipans – Almond cookies)
• Amygdalo Glyko (Almond spoon sweet in heavy syrup)
• Amygdalozoumo (drink with almonds and sugar)
• Damaskino Avgato (Plum spoon sweet in heavy syrup)
• Damaskina arzen (Dry Plums a la arzen)
• Tiganites Katsares (Curly deep fried crispy blintzes with honey and almonds)