Kalamata Salad


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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42 min.5 min.47 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 5 min.
Kalamata Salad
Roast 125 g pine nuts in a small pan over medium heat for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown.

Let cool.

Stage 2 - 3 min.
Kalamata Salad
Cut 200 g feta into small pieces.

Stage 3 - 30 min.
Kalamata Salad
Prepare 1 kg tomato, sprinkle them with fine salt, and let them stand (about 1 hour) in a fine sieve to drain.

Stage 4 - 3 min.
Kalamata Salad
In a bowl, pour the feta cheese and pine nuts, add finely chopped 1 spring onion (scallion).

Stage 5 - 4 min.
Kalamata Salad
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.
Kalamata Salad
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 valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,347 Kcal or 9,826 Kj65 gr87 gr195 gr
117 %25 %8 %29 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
141 Kcal or 590 Kj4 gr5 gr12 gr
7 %1 %<1 %2 %
Per person
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
587 Kcal or 2,458 Kj16 gr22 gr49 gr
29 %6 %2 %7 %
% 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).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 11.94 €
  • Per person : 2.99 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
TomatoTomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to prepare tomatoes, Hot tomato sauce, Tomato feuilleté with pesto, Multicoloured cucumber-tomato salad, Stuffed tomatoes and courgettes, ... All
FetaFeta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Greek Pesto, Tomato and courgette tart, Feta in olive oil with herbs, Cretan salad, Cretan-style salmon , ... All
Pine nutsPine nuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Greek-style stuffed courgettes, Purple Pesto, Crunchy salad, Pesto, Sorrel pesto, ... All
Olive oilOlive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cauliflower and avocado rémoulade, Cabbage julienne with ham, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Bisto-style canapés, Herb olive oil, ... All
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