Authentic Greek Salad—Horiatiki Salata
THE quintessential dish representing the Mediterranean diet is the authentic Greek Salad as
found in Greece–it is very simple to make, based on fresh vegetables with plenty of EVGE EVOO. In
Greece it is called Horiatiki (or village salad). It is the perfect dish for a hot summer day and with
bread, it can be a complete meal. The American version is nowhere to be found in Greece!
They would never put lettuce with fresh tomato or any kind of vinaigrette (there is another salad
for lettuce that is just Romaine, fresh onion and dill with EVOO, red wine vinegar and salt). The
secret of this delicious and healthy salad is to have very fresh seasonal ingredients, Greek
imported feta & excellent EVOO–like our EVGE!
Here is the recipe:
Salad for 4:
2 vine ripened tomato: cut into bitesize cubes
1 English /hothouse (the long one–or any seedless, such as Persian) cucumber: halved
lengthwise and cut into 1/2 and sliced
1/2 green (or any color you prefer!) bell pepper: sliced
1/4 red onion: sliced
Kalamata olives
200 gr slice of imported Greek feta
EVGE EVOO—the 750ml unfiltered is the MOST delicious on salads!!
Salt and oregano—find Greek organic mountain oregano at EVGE.us
Layer starting with the cucumbers–salt & oregano, then onions and peppers, then tomatoes–
salt & oregano, onions & peppers until the bowl is full.
Coat generously with EVGE EVOO, top with
feta–put oregano and more EVGE EVOO and finally Kalamata olives.
Enjoy with fresh bread or rusks
(to soak up all the deliciousness at the bottom of the bowl!!). There is actually a word for this
sopping up with bread—see
video recipe for SUPER EASY No Knead Bread on this channel!!
Find EVGE at EVGE.us
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