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Feta in olive oil with herbs

This recipe tells you how to preserve cubes of feta with herbs. It will keep for a long time and improves with keeping.

Using this feta in a salad, such as Greek salad, adds an amazing flavour.

64K 19 4.1

Last modified on: August 2^nd 2015

Keywords for this recipe:Feta Olive oil Herbs Preserve

For 200 g, you will need:

1 2 bayleaves
2 1 sprig rosemary
3 2 sprigs thyme
4 200 g feta
5 10 peppercorns
6 200 ml olive oil
Total weight: 392 grams

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
13 min.	1 min.	14 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 1 min.

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Blanch the herbs

Bring a saucepan of water to the boil. Plunge in all the herbs for 15 seconds.

Keep the water on the boil.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

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Drain the herbs...

Stage 3 - 1 min.

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...and dry them.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

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Prepare the feta

Dry 200 g feta throroughly with absorbant paper.

Stage 5 - 4 min.

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Dice the feta to whatever size you prefer (I make them about the same size as a sugar cube).

Stage 6 - 2 min.

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Sterilize the jar

Pour a glassful of boiling water into the jar. Screw on the lid, wrap in a cloth for safety, and shake well to sterilize.

Throw the water away and dry the jar throughly.

Stage 7 - 1 min.

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Bottle

Put half the herbs and peppercorns into the bottom of the jar. Pour a little olive oil on top.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

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Add the diced feta, then the rest of the herbs.

Stage 9

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Top up with oil...

Stage 10 - 1 min.

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...until the cheese is completely covered.

Stage 11

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Put the lid on the jar and leave at room temperature for at least three weeks before starting to use the feta in your recipes.

Remarks

You can adapt this recipe to suit your own taste and the herbs you have, even the cheese (goat's cheese works well, too).

Keeping

Several months.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,322 Kcal or 9,722 Kj	34 gr	2 gr	242 gr
116 %	13 %	<1 %	37 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
592 Kcal or 2,479 Kj	9 gr	1 gr	62 gr
30 %	3 %	<1 %	9 %

% 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 200 g : 3.32 £

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Simple mushroom salad with thyme and lemon, 3 ways, Sautéed chicken with leeks, Bacon and cabbage omelette, Mexican ceviche, Endive gratin with cancoillotte, ... All
	Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Courgette tart with mint, Greek salad, Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds, Cretan salad, Spinach brik parcels, ... All
	Peppercorns: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Salmon marinated like herring, Red mixed pickle, Herb olive oil, Preserved lemons, ... All
	Thyme: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Penne with purple artichokes, Preserved lemons, Ratatouille, Kérinou slices, Rabbit terrine, ... All

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