What Is Ouzo and How Can I Use It?

If ouzo has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 6 recipes to try it in.

Recipes using ouzo

There are 6 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Kourabiedes--a Greek traditional recipe

A Greek butter cookie with almonds and powder sugar.

Shrimp Baked with Feta, Ouzo & Cognac

Greek baked shrimp saganaki with tomato sauce, crumbled feta, ouzo, and cognac. Flambéed in the skillet, topped with cheese, then baked until bubbly and golden.

Fried Mussels

Greek-style fried mussels marinated in ouzo then dipped in a crispy beer and Parmesan batter with yogurt. A crunchy, briny appetizer straight from the Aegean coast.

Easy Gyro

A delicious recipe made with ground pork and ground lamb that tastes wonderful in a pita bread.

Greek Yogurt Cheesecake with Ouzo-Poached Figs

Light Greek yogurt cheesecake with a melba toast and walnut crust, topped with dried figs poached in an ouzo syrup with cinnamon stick and orange zest. A Mediterranean twist on cheesecake that skips the heaviness.

Shrimp Baked with Feta Ouzo& Cognac

Greek shrimp baked with feta, tomato sauce, ouzo, and flamed cognac. Garides saganaki-style seafood with anise-scented depth, perfect for dinner party theatrics.

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