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Kalamata Salad

The Kalamata salad (a Greek city in the Peloponese) is made of tomatoes, feta cheese and pine nuts roasted with a lemon, olive oil and oregano sauce.

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Last modified on: August 14^th 2022

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For 12 people, you will need:

1 375 g pine nuts
2 600 g feta
3 3 kgs tomato
4 3 spring onions (scallions)
5 3 lemons
6 15 tablespoons olive oil
7 3 tablespoons dry oregano
8 chive flowers (optional)
9 salt
10 pepper
Total weight: 5,010 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
42 min.	5 min.	47 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Roast 375 g pine nuts in a small pan over medium heat for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown.

Let cool.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Cut 600 g feta into small pieces.

Stage 3 - 30 min.

Prepare 3 kgs tomato, sprinkle them with fine salt, and let them stand (about 1 hour) in a fine sieve to drain.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

In a bowl, pour the feta cheese and pine nuts, add finely chopped 3 spring onions (scallions).

Stage 5 - 4 min.

Prepare the sauce by squeezing 3 lemons, add to the juice the same volume of olive oil, salt, pepper, 3 tablespoons dry oregano and chive flowers (if you have them), mix well.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

In the salad bowl, add the tomatoes, pour the sauce over them, mix well, your Kalamata salad is ready.

Remarks

Of course, to be really "from Kalamata" it would be necessary to add to the salad some olives from this beautiful city...

Keeping

To be enjoyed during the day.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
7,040 Kcal or 29,475 Kj	195 gr	262 gr	584 gr
352 %	75 %	25 %	88 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
141 Kcal or 590 Kj	4 gr	5 gr	12 gr
7 %	1 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
587 Kcal or 2,458 Kj	16 gr	22 gr	49 gr
29 %	6 %	2 %	7 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 12 people : 35.83 €
Per person : 2.99 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fine multi-tomato tart, Beans with tomatoes, Four-tier glasses, Tomatoes Macédoine , Vegetable pie, ... All
	Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Feta and spinach brik pie, Multicoloured cucumber-tomato salad, Souda salad, Greek salad with chicken, Pasta with cherry tomatoes, olives and feta cheese, ... All
	Pine nuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Purple Pesto, Pesto, Chocolate mendiants, Sorrel pesto, Spinach and ricotta ravioli, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hot tomato sauce, Risotto-style celeriac, Creamy spaghetti with cockles and parsley, Sautéed turmeric chicken with mushrooms, Raw beetroot salad, ... All

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