Greek buffet: 9 recipes with time table

Up to 2 weeks in advance:

• Kolokithopita: Make the quiche and bake for 15 minutes. Let the quiche cool down to room temperature and wrap in plastic. Store the quiches in the freezer.

One week in advance:

• Greek yogurt ice cream with honey and walnuts: make the ice one week in advance and store in the freezer until use.

1 day before:

• Greek yogurt ice cream with honey and walnuts: caramelise the walnuts and keep them in a sealed, airtight container.
  
• Moussaka: Prepare the tomato sauce and béchamel and put everything into the baking dish. Cover the baking dish with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator.
  
• Baklava: Prepare the baklava 1 day in advance.
  
• Greek marinated olives: Make the olives, let it cool slightly and screw the lid on. Store at room temperature.

In the morning:

• Ouzo with lemon: Put the ouzo in the refrigerator
  
• Ouzo with lemon: squeeze the lemons
  
• Ouzo with lemon: Cut the herbs from the garden and wrap them in a damp paper towel. Cover that with a plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator.
  
• Chicken Souvlaki: Make the marinade, cover and store at room temperature.
  
• Chicken Souvlaki: Cut the chicken into cubes and store covered in the refrigerator.
  
• Cucumber dill yogurt salad: Make the salad in the morning. Cover with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator until the buffet starts.
  
• Greek salad skewers: Make the finished skewers with olives, tomato and cucumber and put them together. Save a damp tea towel and store in the refrigerator. 

1 hour before the buffet:

• Moussaka: Bake the moussaka in the preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius

30 minutes for the buffet:

• Kolokithopita: Bake the quiches 25-30 minutes in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius.The quiches do not need to be defrosted beforehand.
  
• Bake the pita breads until done

15 minutes for the buffet:

• Souvlaki: Preheat the grill and cook souvlaki
  
• Cook the rice
• Salad skewers: Add the feta cheese

Final acts:

• Salad skewers: Place the skewers on a plate
  
• Souvlaki: Place the tzatziki, ice berg lettuce and pitas at the buffet. Add a lovely dish to serve the souvlaki after baking. Put a bread knife to cut open the bread
  
• Cucumber dill yogurt salad: Put the cucumber salad on the table
  
• Greek marinated olives: Put the dishes of olives on the buffet and add some skewers for serving.
  
• Kolokithopita and moussaka: Put coasters ready for you to put the quiche (s) and the moussaka dish.
  Put a beautiful dish ready for the rice.