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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125 g pine nuts
200 g 
1 kg 
1 
1 
5 tablespoons 
1 tablespoon dry oregano
chive flowers (optional)
How long will 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 125 g 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 200 g 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 |
| 2,357 Kcal or 9,868 Kj | 65 gr | 90 gr | 195 gr |
| 118 % | 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 |
| 589 Kcal or 2,466 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: Comtoise stuffed tomatoes, Piedmont salad, How to peel tomatoes using a flame, Tomato feuilleté with pesto, Mixed tomato salad, ... All |
 | Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Moussaka, Multicoloured cucumber-tomato salad, Feta in olive oil with herbs, Greek salad with chicken, Feta and spinach brik pie, ... All |
 | Pine nuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Greek-style stuffed courgettes, Chocolate mendiants, Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Sorrel pesto, Pesto, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Greek-style stuffed courgettes, Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Italian style gratin, Stuffed tomatoes and courgettes, Mexican ceviche, ... All |
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