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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375 g pine nuts
600 g 
3 kgs 
3 
3 
15 tablespoons 
3 tablespoons dry oregano
chive flowers (optional)
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 42 min. | 5 min. | 47 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Roast 375 g 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 600 g 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 3 spring onions (scallions).
Stage 5 - 4 min.
Prepare the sauce by squeezing 3 lemons, add to the juice the same volume of olive oil, salt, pepper, 3 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
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 7,070 Kcal or 29,601 Kj | 195 gr | 270 gr | 584 gr |
| 353 % | 75 % | 25 % | 88 % |
| 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 |
| 589 Kcal or 2,466 Kj | 16 gr | 22 gr | 49 gr |
| 29 % | 6 % | 2 % | 7 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 12 people : 35.83 €
- Per person : 2.99 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Tomato: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Eggs with tomatoes and courgettes, Multicoloured cucumber-tomato salad, Little vegetable omelettes, Fried eggs with tomatoes, Small ratatouille with , ... All |
 | Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cretan-style salmon , Spinach brik parcels, Moussaka, Tzatziki, Thin summer tart "à la grecque", ... All |
 | Pine nuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Sorrel pesto, Greek-style stuffed courgettes, Pesto, Purple Pesto, Crunchy salad, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice à l'italienne, Leek and fresh tuna tart, Cauliflower tabouleh, Scandinavian cocktail, Rice with spring greens, ... All |
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