Volcanic soil, salt wind and ingredients like no other.
Santorini tomato keftedes with fresh seafood.
View RecipeSantorini's soil is volcanic and its ingredients are unlike anything grown elsewhere in Greece. The cherry tomatoes are intensely sweet. The capers are small and fierce. The fava is silky and ancient. The cooking here is defined by what the land gives you — and the restraint to let those things speak without interference.
Santorini tomato keftedes with fresh seafood.
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