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Souda salad

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.

16K 6 4.5

Last modified on: July 7^th 2019

Keywords for this recipe:Salad Greek Cretan Summer Tomatoes Cucumber Feta cheese Lemon sauce Oregano Hot Retsina wine

For 12 people, you will need:

0 3 cucumbers
1 12 tomatoes
2 300 g feta
3 15 tablespoons olive oil
4 9 tablespoons lemon juice
5 6 tablespoons dry oregano
6 3 spring onions (scallions)
7 chives
8 fine (or table) salt
9 pepper
10 30 g black olives
11 30 g anchovy fillet
Total weight: 2,985 grams

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Preparation	Resting	Start to finish
28 min.	30 min.	58 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

The vegetables

Rinse 3 cucumbers, 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.

Stage 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.

Stage 3 - 30 min.

Prepare 12 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.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Dice 300 g feta fairly small.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

The dressing

In a bowl mix 15 tablespoons olive oil and 9 tablespoons lemon juice with a little salt and pepper, then add 6 tablespoons dry oregano.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

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

Stage 7 - 5 min.

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

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Add the diced feta, the finely chopped 3 spring onions (scallions) and some finely chopped chives.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Pour the dressing over and mix well.

Stage 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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,487 Kcal or 14,599 Kj	82 gr	111 gr	302 gr
174 %	31 %	10 %	46 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
117 Kcal or 490 Kj	3 gr	4 gr	10 gr
6 %	1 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
291 Kcal or 1,218 Kj	7 gr	9 gr	25 gr
15 %	3 %	1 %	4 %

% 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 12 people : 13.98 €
Per person : 1.17 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cretan salad, Feta in olive oil with herbs, Tzatziki, Mediterranean toast, Rice à la grecque, ... All
	Black olives: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Salade Niçoise, Tomato ladybirds, Pissaladière with puff pastry, Two-olive ciabatta, Tapenade, ... All
	Anchovy fillet: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tapenade, Pissaladière with puff pastry, Mixed salad stack, Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce , Salade Niçoise, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Raw beetroot mousse with walnuts, Nanou's tuna tart, Spaghetti Bolognese, Chicken Brussels pie, Algerian brik rolls, ... All

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