Kalamata Salad

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 125 g pine nuts
• 2 200 g feta
• 3 1 kg tomato
• 4 1 spring onion (scallion)
• 5 1 lemon
• 6 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 7 1 tablespoon dry oregano
• 8 chive flowers (optional)
• 9 salt
• 10 pepper
• Total weight: 1,670 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
45 min.	5 min.	50 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Roast 125 g pine nuts in a small pan over medium heat for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown. Let cool.
2	Cut 200 g feta into small pieces.
3	Prepare 1 kg tomato, sprinkle them with fine salt, and let them stand (about 1 hour) in a fine sieve to drain.
4	In a bowl, pour the feta cheese and pine nuts, add finely chopped 1 spring onion (scallion).
5	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.
6	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...

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