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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.
29 K 5/5 (2 reviews)
50 min.
Easy
8 people
10 IngredientsLast modified on: August 14th 2022
1 cup pine nuts
1 ¾ cup 
8 ½ cups 
2 
2 
10 tablespoons 
2 tablespoons dry oregano
chive flowers (optional)
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 45 min.
Cooking: 5 min.
All in all: 50 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Roast 1 cup pine nuts in a small pan over medium heat for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown.
Let cool.
Let cool.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Cut 1 ¾ cup feta into small pieces.
Stage 3 - 30 min.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
In a bowl, pour the feta cheese and pine nuts, add finely chopped 2 spring onions (scallions).
Stage 5 - 4 min.
Prepare the sauce by squeezing 2 lemons, add to the juice the same volume of olive oil, salt, pepper, 2 tablespoons 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
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 130 RDI=50 % | 180 RDI=20 % | 390 RDI=60 % | 4,710 RDI=240 % | 19,730 RDI: 240 % |
| Per 100 g | 3 RDI=1 % | 5 RDI=1 % | 10 RDI=2 % | 140 RDI=7 % | 590 RDI: 7 % |
| Per person | 20 RDI=6 % | 20 RDI=2 % | 50 RDI=7 % | 590 RDI=30 % | 2,470 RDI: 30 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 people : 23.90 €
- Per person : 3.00 €
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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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Tomato
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Feta
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Pine nuts
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Olive oil
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