Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Southern European recipes. This page provides links to all the Southern European recipes presented on this site, with 855 recipes in total.

These recipes, for the major part, originate in the Southern Europe. Otherwise they are fusion recipes with major Southern European influences.

Southern Europe is the southern region of Europe. It is also known as Mediterranean Europe, as its geography is marked by the Mediterranean Sea. Definitions of southern Europe include some or all of these countries and regions: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Greece, southern Italy, Malta,[note 6] Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, southern France, Spain, Turkey (East Thrace), and Vatican City.

Southern Europe is focused on the three peninsulas located in the extreme south of the European continent. These are the Iberian Peninsula, the Apennine Peninsula, and the Balkan Peninsula. These three peninsulas are separated from the rest of Europe by towering mountain ranges, respectively by the Pyrenees, the Alps and the Balkan Mountains. The location of these peninsulas in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, as well as their mountainous reliefs, provide them with very different types of climates (mainly subtropical Mediterranean) from the rest of the continent. So, the Sirocco hot wind that originates in the heart of the Sahara blows over Italy, going up to the interior of the Alpine arc (Po Valley). The Alps prevent the Sirocco from spreading to the rest of Europe. And, conversely, the Alps and the Pyrenees protect the Italian and Iberian Peninsulas from the rains and icy winds from the south of France such as the Mistral and the Tramontane. When the Mistral and the Tramontane are blowing, this provokes an 'upwelling' phenomenon on the French coast. They push the surface waters out to sea and bring deeper, cooler waters up to the seaside. Consequently, the temperature of the waters of the French coasts are therefore very cool even in summer, and not representative of the rest of the Mediterranean. This same kind of phenomenon takes place between the two slopes of the Balkan mountain range. These mountains have, moreover, been a serious handicap to population displacement, focusing southern Europe mainly on the Mediterranean world. The climate and cultures are therefore very specific.

Different methods can be used to define southern Europe, including its political, economic, historical, and cultural attributes. Southern Europe can also be defined by its natural features — its geography, climate, and flora. Politically, nine of the southern European countries form the EU Med Group. Southern Europe also loosely corresponds to the European part of the Mediterranean Basin.

In the UN geoscheme, the following countries are classified as southern Europe: Albania; Andorra; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Gibraltar; Greece; Vatican City; Italy; Malta; Montenegro; North Macedonia; Portugal; San Marino; Serbia; Slovenia and Spain. I'm also adding Cyprus as, though it's part of Asia it's culturally European.

Southern Europe

Arms	Flag	Name of Territory	Capital	Name in Official Language(s)
		Albania	Tirana	Republic of Albania/Republika e Shqipërisë (Albanian)
		Andorra	Andorra la Vella	Principality of Andorra/Principat d'Andorra (Catalan)
		Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina/Serbo-Croatian (Latin): Bosna i Hercegovina/ Serbo-Croatian (Cyrillic): Босна и Херцеговина
		Croatia	Zagreb	Republic of Croatia/Republika Hrvatska (Croatian)
		Cyprus	Nicosia	Republic of Cyprus/Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία (Greek)/ Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti (Turkish)
		Gibraltar	Gibraltar	Gibraltar
		Greece	Athens	Hellenic Republic/Ελληνική Δημοκρατία ([Ellinikí Dimokratía] Greek)
		Holy See/Vatican City	Vatican City	Vatican City State/Stato della Città del Vaticano (Italian)/ Status Civitatis Vaticanae (Latin)
		Italy	Rome	Italian Republic/Repubblica Italiana (Italian)
		Malta	Valletta	Republic of Malta/Repubblika ta' Malta (Maltese)
		Montenegro	Podgorica	Montenegro/Crna Gora, Црна Гора (Montenegrin)
		North Macedonia	Skopje	Republic of North Macedonia/Република Северна Македонија (Macedonian)/ Republika e Maqedonisë së Veriut (Albanian)
		Portugal	Lisbon	Portuguese Republic/República Portuguesa (Portuguese)
		San Marino	San Marino	Republic of San Marino/Repubblica di San Marino (Italian)
		Serbia	Belgrade	Republic of Serbia/Република Србија, Republika Srbija (Serbian)
		Slovenia	Ljubljana	Republic of Slovenia/Republika Slovenija (Slovene)
		Spain	Madrid	Kingdom of Spain/Reino de España (Spanish)