Gluten Free Dakos (Greek Tomato & Feta Salad)

Dakos is a traditional Cretan dish made with crisp bread topped with grated tomatoes, olive oil and feta. In this recipe, I show you how to make a beautiful gluten-free version using toasted wholemeal bread that soaks up all those rich tomato juices. RECIPE BELOW 👇

Hi foodie friends, I’m Margaret from Create Cook Share, where simple ingredients turn into beautiful food. Today I’m sharing one of Greece’s most loved dishes — rustic, fresh and incredibly satisfying.

Traditionally dakos is made with barley rusks, but this version uses toasted gluten-free bread that behaves just like a rusk, soaking up the tomato and olive oil while still holding its texture.

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Dakos Recipe (Greek Tomato & Feta Salad)

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 16 minutes
Serves 2

Ingredients

4 slices gluten-free wholemeal bread
2 extra-large ripe tomatoes
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (extra if needed)
2 teaspoons dried Greek oregano
150 g feta, crumbled
12 Kalamata olives
12 small capers or 8 caperberries
½ small red onion, thinly sliced
Sea salt and pepper

Instructions
Dry the bread – air fryer method

Place the bread slices in the air fryer basket in a single layer. Cook at 160°C for 7 minutes, then turn over and cook for a further 7 minutes to dry the bread so it behaves like a traditional rusk.

Dry the bread – oven method

Preheat the oven to 170°C. Place the bread slices directly on the oven rack or on a baking tray and bake for 15 minutes, turning halfway through, until crisp and lightly dried.

Prepare the tomato

Cut a thin slice from the bottom of the tomato. Hold the tomato against the coarse side of a box grater and grate into a bowl. Continue grating until you reach the skin and the core where the tomato was attached to the plant. Discard the remaining skin.

Add 2 tablespoons of the extra virgin olive oil and a good pinch of sea salt to the grated tomato. Stir gently to combine.

Prepare the bread

Cut each slice of toast diagonally into two triangles. Arrange four pieces of toast on each plate, slightly overlapping.

Add the tomato

Spoon the grated tomato mixture evenly over the bread, allowing the juices to soak into the dried toast.

Add the toppings

Scatter over the crumbled feta, sliced red onion, capers and Kalamata olives.

Finish the dakos

Sprinkle with the dried oregano and season lightly with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Drizzle over the remaining 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and serve immediately, allowing the tomato juices to soften the bread slightly while keeping its rustic texture.

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