Zorba salad

Summary
Yet another variation of Greek salad!

Ingredients

• 8 oz of feta cheese, crumbled
• 1 large cucumber, peeled  on, cut into 1/2" cubes
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 4 tablespoons of fresh mauntano or mint, minced
• 1/2 of mint, lightly packed, fresh leaves
• 3/4 cup of olive oil
• 1/2 cup of black olives ("Kalamata" olives)
• 2 tablespoons of oregano
• 2 medium, red peppers, cut into 1/2" squares
• 2 medium, green peppers, cut into 1/2" squares
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of white sugar
• 1 tablespoon thyme
• 4 medium tomatoes, firm and ripe, cut into 1" chunks
• 1/4 cup of white vinegar

Directions

• Gently toss tomatoes, onion, cucumber, and peppers in a large bowl.  
• In a food processor with a steel blade, process the garlic and salt to a paste. 
• Add the mint leaves, and process to a fine mince.  
• Add the oregano, thyme, and sugar and process smooth. 
• With the motor running, add the olive oil in a thin, steady stream.  
• Add the vinegar. 
• Taste and correct for seasonings.  
• Transfer the dressing to a glass jar, cap tightly, and store in a cool place several hours. 
• Bring the dressing to room temperature before using shaking the jar vigorously to blend.  
• Pour the dressing over platter and top with crumbled cheese and scatter with olives. 
• Sprinkle minced mint for garnish.

Source: EatGreekTonight

Xoriatiki

Summary
Also known as Greek Salad.
Servings: 6

Ingredients

• 1 handful of capers
• 1/3 lb of feta cheese
• 1 cucumber
• 1/2 cup of olive oil
• 1 handful of black olives
• 1 white onion
• 1 pinch of oregano
• 1 green pepper
• 1 pinch salt
• 4 medium tomatoes, ripened

Directions

• Cut the vegetables in slices and mix in a salad bowl.  
• Top with the olives, capers and oregano and cover with "crumbled" feta cheese. 
• Pour the olive oil evenly.  

Source: EatGreekTonight

Greek Salad (Horiatiki)

 

INGREDIENTS

• Tomatoes (3 medium)

• Cucumber (1)

• Green Pepper (2)

• Feta Cheese (150g)

• Greek olives (15)

• Raw onion (optional)

• Oregano

• Olive oil

        METHOD

It's summertime here and one of the pleasures of life is to sit down with a Greek salad (Horiatiki), dunking your bread in the olive oil and drinking a light beer or whatever your fancy is for a cold drink. We realised that we hadn't included Greek salad in the blog, so here it is. It's very simple and I'm sure a lot of you already know it.

The amounts of each ingredient really depend on the size. Above, I have included in brackets the amount that we used for the photo you see.
The salad is very easily prepared, chopping the tomatoes to a medium size, slicing the cucumber and the green pepper. Throw them in a salad bowl and slice some raw onion if you wish. Crumble the feta cheese on top, lightly sprinkle oregano on top along with salt to taste and finally pour as much olive oil as you wish on top.

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