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Greek salad

This is a classy version of that perfect summer food, Greek salad. The only difficult part is the care and patience needed for dicing the vegetables.

171K 1 34 4.3

Last modified on: July 13^th 2010

Keywords for this recipe:Salad Tomatoes Cucumber Feta Greek Cretan Olive oil

For 4 people, you will need:

0 1 cucumber
1 ½ onion
2 4 tomatoes
3 100 g feta
4 30 g black olives
5 4 tablespoons olive oil
6 2 tablespoons lemon juice
7 herbs of your choice
8 salt
9 pepper
Total weight: 883 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
57 min.	57 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Wash 1 cucumber, peel and slice (a mandolin is the ideal tool for this), then cut into sticks, and finally into small dice.

Put to wait in a seive.

If you prefer your cucumber softer rather than crunchy, salt lightly to tenderise and draw out some of the juice.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Prepare ½ onion and chop finely.

Stage 3 - 20 min.

Prepare 4 tomatoes and cut into small dice.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Dice 100 g feta.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Remove the stones from 30 g black olives and chop roughly.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Prepare a "citronette" (lemon) dressing, by mixing 4 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, then add the fresh herbs and mix again.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Add the dressing and mix once more.

It's ready.

Remarks

Take care to use the recommended quantity of olive oil; it's important for the end result, and ideally use Greek oil if you can.

Use a red onion if possible; they are available in the summer and are so good raw.

And to drink?

If you like it, why not the famous Greek white wine Retsina? Or a fruity rosé from Provence. To accompany this salad perfectly, drink one or the other, well chilled and in the shade.

Keeping:

1 or 2 days in the fridge, folded in a plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,051 Kcal or 4,400 Kj	25 gr	31 gr	92 gr
53 %	10 %	3 %	14 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
119 Kcal or 498 Kj	3 gr	4 gr	10 gr
6 %	1 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
263 Kcal or 1,101 Kj	6 gr	8 gr	23 gr
13 %	2 %	1 %	3 %

% 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).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 4.05 €
Per person : 1.01 €

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Multicoloured cucumber-tomato salad, Lumberjack turnovers, Feta and spinach brik pie, Cretan Bread, Spinach brik parcels, ... All
	Black olives: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pissaladière with puff pastry, Tapenade, Souda salad, Salade Niçoise, Two-olive ciabatta, ... All
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You have to love the classics, J.H. and this is one of my favorites when it comes to anything Greek! Thanks for sharing...I especially like your choice of Greek wine:)
Posted by Louise july 6^th 2010 at 18:46 (n° 1)

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