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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 14^th 2022

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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

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
42 min.	5 min.	47 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

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.

Cut 200 g feta into small pieces.

Stage 3 - 30 min.

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.

In a bowl, pour the feta cheese and pine nuts, add finely chopped 1 spring onion (scallion).

Stage 5 - 4 min.

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.

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 value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,347 Kcal or 9,826 Kj	65 gr	87 gr	195 gr
117 %	25 %	8 %	29 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
141 Kcal or 590 Kj	4 gr	5 gr	12 gr
7 %	1 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
587 Kcal or 2,458 Kj	16 gr	22 gr	49 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)

	Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to prepare tomatoes, Fried eggs with tomatoes, Mixed salad, Bruschetta, Auvergnat tartines, ... All
	Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Moussaka, Lumberjack turnovers, Feta in olive oil with herbs, Tzatziki, Greek salad, ... All
	Pine nuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Greek Pesto, Spinach and ricotta ravioli, Chocolate mendiants, Pesto, Greek-style stuffed courgettes, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pork Chops with Rosemary, Gisèle's Pasties, Bisto-style canapés, Polpete, Chicken and avocado bagels, ... All

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