🍞 Meet Plakous: The 2,500-Year-Old Ancestor of Pizza! 🇬🇷
Before focaccia, before pizza—there was Plakous.
Originating in ancient Athens around the 5th century BCE, this thick flatbread was baked with olive oil, herbs, garlic, and sometimes cheese. Think of it as the ancient Mediterranean’s culinary masterpiece!
In this video, we explore:
The fascinating history of Plakous
Its traditional ingredients and preparation methods
Why great minds like Aristotle and Hippocrates enjoyed it
And how this humble bread paved the way for one of the world’s favorite foods—pizza!
If you’re a fan of historical cooking, Greek cuisine, or just love discovering the roots of iconic dishes, this one’s for you.
do you know the godfather of pizza it’s called plaus a European dish over 2,500 years old this was ancient Greece’s flatbread made in fifth century BCE Athens thick bread served with olive oil garlic herbs and sometimes cheese basically the mother of modern fkacia and pizza made with wheat or barley flour water and olive oil baked on hot stones or in clay ovens topped with oregano cheese or onions even thinkers like Aristotle and Hypocrates enjoyed placed good for health thanks to the digestive herbs used so next time you bite into a pizza remember its real story began with plus