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Souda salad

Name: Souda salad
Prep time: 28 min
Total time: 58 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 cucumber; 4 tomatoes; 100 g feta; 5 tablespoons olive oil; 3 tablespoons lemon juice; 2 tablespoons dry oregano; 1 spring onion (scallion); Chives; Fine (or table) salt; Pepper; 10 g black olives; 10 g anchovy fillet

The port of Souda in Crete is the inspiration for this colourful salad, combining cucumber and tomatoes with feta cheese.

This salad is best served cold from the fridge, perfect for a hot summer's day.

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Duration

1 hour

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: November 1^st 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 cucumber
2 4 tomatoes
3 100 g feta
4 5 tablespoons olive oil
5 3 tablespoons lemon juice
6 2 tablespoons dry oregano
7 1 spring onion (scallion)
8 Chives
9 Fine (or table) salt
10 Pepper
11 10 g black olives
12 10 g anchovy fillet
Total weight: 970 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

30 min.

Resting

30 min.

All in all

1 hour

Preparation 30 min.

Resting 30 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 3 min.

The vegetables

Rinse 1 cucumber, trim off the ends but do not peel.

You can cut grooves lengthways with a small knife or special tool (shown in the photo), if you prefer this look, but it is not essential.

Step 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Slice the cucumber thinly (a mandolin is the ideal tool for this).

Sprinkle the slices with fine salt, mix well and leave for to rest for 30 minutes.

Step 3 - ⌛ 30 min.

Prepare 4 tomatoes and slice fairly thinly.

Sprinkle with fine salt, mix well and leave to rest for 30 minutes.

This helps to bring out the full flavour of the tomatoes and cucumber.

Step 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

Dice 100 g feta fairly small.

Set aside.

Step 5 - ⌛ 3 min.

The dressing

In a bowl mix 5 tablespoons olive oil and 3 tablespoons lemon juice with a little salt and pepper, then add 2 tablespoons dry oregano.

Step 6 - ⌛ 5 min.

Drain the cucumber slices and discard the juices. Transfer to a salad bowl.

Step 7 - ⌛ 5 min.

Drain the tomato slices and discard the juices. Add to the salad bowl.

Step 8 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add the diced feta, the finely chopped 1 spring onion (scallion) and some finely chopped chives.

Step 9 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pour the dressing over and mix well.

Step 10

Serve garnished with an anchovy fillet or a few black olives (if your diners like them).

Remarks

You can use a small red onion instead of the spring onion. Plain olive oil can be replaced with herb olive oil for even more flavour.

And to drink?

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	3 g RDI=4 %	4 g RDI=2 %	10 g RDI=13 %	115 kcal RDI=6 %	479 kJ RDI=6 %
Per person	7 g RDI=11 %	10 g RDI=4 %	24 g RDI=32 %	277 kcal RDI=14 %	1,158 kJ RDI=14 %
Whole recipe	28 g RDI=43 %	40 g RDI=15 %	94 g RDI=129 %	1,107 kcal RDI=55 %	4,633 kJ RDI=55 %