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Tzatziki

Name: Tzatziki
Prep time: 52 min
Total time: 52 min
Yield: 600 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 cucumber; 3 tablespoons fresh mint leaves; 3 tablespoons parsley; 1 garlic clove; 400 g Greek yoghurt; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 tablespoon vinegar; salt; pepper

Tzatziki, typically a summer recipe, is a very fresh mixture of Greek yogurt, cucumber, garlic and herbs, intended to be used as a sauce or condiment.

It's a recipe of Greek and Turkish origin, but can be found in many other Eastern and Middle Eastern countries under a different name.

72 K 4.7/5 (14 reviews)

55 min.

Easy

10.90 €

600 g

9 Ingredients

Last modified on: July 6^th 2025

For 600 g, you will need:

1 1 cucumber
2 3 tablespoons fresh mint leaves
3 3 tablespoons parsley
4 1 garlic clove
5 400 g Greek yoghurt
6 2 tablespoons olive oil
7 1 tablespoon vinegar
8 salt
9 pepper
Total weight: 745 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 25 min.

Resting: 30 min.

All in all: 55 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

Wash, dry and grate 1 cucumber.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 30 min.

Pour into a small colander set over a bowl, season with salt and mix with a fork.

Leave to stand for 30 minutes to start removing the water.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.

Meanwhile, finely chop the mint and parsley.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

After the 30-minute rest period, squeeze the grated cucumber in your hands to remove as much water as possible.

Then pour it into a tea towel and press it again to dry it out as much as possible - this is very important for a successful tzatziki.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 1 min.

Pour 400 g Greek yoghurt into a bowl.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 1 min.

Add the grated, wrung-out cucumber, shredded with a fork to avoid a hard-to-mix block.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 1 min.

Add herbs, finely grated or chopped 1 garlic clove, salt and pepper.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 1 min.

Mix well.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add 1 tablespoon vinegar and 1 tablespoon vinegar, mix again and check seasoning.

Stage 10

Now your tzatziki is ready, you can serve it with grilled croutons, vegetable sticks, or as a sauce with grilled meat or fish.

Remarks

Don't bother too much with the proportions given, it's a fairly approximate recipe, so feel free to adapt to your taste by adding more or less of this or that.

You can vary the herbs to suit your taste. Traditionally, mint or dill are used.

The vinegar can be replaced by lemon juice.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, protected by cling film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	20 RDI=6 %	20 RDI=2 %	60 RDI=10 %	730 RDI=40 %	3,060 RDI: 40 %
Per 100 g	2 RDI=1 %	3 RDI=0 %	8 RDI=1 %	100 RDI=5 %	410 RDI: 5 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, Sulfites

How much will it cost?

For 600 g : 10.90 €

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