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 14th 2022
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2⁄3 cup pine nuts
1 cup 
4 cups + 3 tablespoons 
1 
1 
5 tablespoons 
1 tablespoon dry oregano
chive flowers (optional)
How long does it take?
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 2⁄3 cup pine nuts in a small pan over medium heat for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown.
Let cool.
Let cool.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Cut 1 cup feta into small pieces.
Stage 3 - 30 min.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
In a bowl, pour the feta cheese and pine nuts, add finely chopped 1 spring onion (scallion).
Stage 5 - 4 min.
Prepare the sauce by squeezing 1 lemon, add to the juice the same volume of olive oil, salt, pepper, 1 tablespoon 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 |
| 2,347 Kcal or 9,826 Kj | 65 gr | 87 gr | 195 gr |
| 117 % | 25 % | 8 % | 29 % |
| 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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 11.94 €
- Per person : 2.99 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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, Cretan salad, Multicoloured cucumber-tomato salad, Stuffed tomatoes and courgettes, Tomato and courgette tart, ... All |
 | Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tomato and courgette tart, Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds, Pasta with cherry tomatoes, olives and feta cheese, Feta in olive oil with herbs, Tzatziki, ... All |
 | Pine nuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pesto, Greek-style stuffed courgettes, Greek Pesto, Crunchy salad, Sorrel pesto, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice and peas, Frichti from Bruxelles, White bean gratin "à l'italienne", Tzatziki, Preserved lemons, ... All |
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