Mastic

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Mastic

The world's first chewing gum is also a cooking sensation

You may have come across it in menus or recipes, or on your travels, but what is mastic?
Fantastic mastic

Two guys, a girl and a blindfold: The OG breath freshener

Can the judges of The Chefs' Line recognise mastic in a blind taste test?
Greek

Twice-cooked octopus with macaroni kofto

This dish was inspired by a classic Lenten dish of tomato-braised octopus with pasta, served throughout Greece. At Alpha we twice-cook the octopus and serve it on...
Greek

Mastic-spiced quails, feta pomegranate and watermelon salad

The salad in this dish was inspired by a snack of feta and watermelon my dad and I ate often. Mastic is a spice, with hints of cedar or pine, that is produced...
Turkish

Mastic pudding, rosemary, blackberry

All the side streets in Turkey were filled with wild blackberry bushes and a herb I didn’t expect to find – rosemary – which grows all over the Aegean coast. The...
Greek

Masticha bread

Mastic or masticha in Greek, produces an almost clear crystal, edible substance. It's a type of gum that grows in one place in the world and that is the island of...
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