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Feta in olive oil with herbs

Name: Feta in olive oil with herbs
Prep time: 13 min
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 14 min
Yield: 200 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 bayleaves; 1 sprig rosemary; 2 sprigs thyme; 200 g feta; 10 peppercorns; 200 ml olive oil

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.

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Duration

15 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: August 2^nd 2015

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

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: 395 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

15 min.

Cooking

1 min.

All in all

15 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 1 min.

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.

Drain the herbs...

Stage 3 - ⌛ 1 min.

...and dry them.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 min.

Prepare the feta

Dry 200 g feta throroughly with absorbant paper.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 4 min.

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

Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

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.

Bottle

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

Stage 8 - ⌛ 2 min.

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

Stage 9

Top up with oil...

Stage 10 - ⌛ 1 min.

...until the cheese is completely covered.

Stage 11

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.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	8 g RDI=13 %	0 g	61 g RDI=85 %	592 kcal RDI=30 %	2,480 kJ RDI=30 %
Whole recipe	34 g RDI=52 %	2 g RDI=1 %	242 g RDI=332 %	2,322 kcal RDI=116 %	9,722 kJ RDI=116 %