Surprisingly, in cooking often working principle: all brilliant, simple ingredients, a minimum of time, no cooking and before serving Greek salad, few can resist. Beautiful, juicy, fragrant aromas impossible, Greek salad, which in Greece called the peasant, has become one of the favorite dishes on our tables. Of course, to cook it properly from the summer seasonal vegetables, ripe tomatoes with a strong pulp, juicy and tender peppers cucumbers. A Greek blue bow adequately replace the Crimean salad or red, it is no less fragrant and sweet. Choose the freshest vegetables, olive oil exclusively the first pressing, the cheese should ideally be Feta, but proved to be excellent and cheese, especially if it is not too salty.
Classic Greek Salad
Ingredients:
Sweet red pepper - to taste
Tomato - 3 pieces.
Cucumber (can gherkins) - 4 pcs.
Purple onion - 1 pc.
Feta cheese - 200 gr.
Olives (pitted) - 200 gr.
Dry oregano - a pinch
Olive oil - 50 grams.
Ground black pepper - to taste
Salad, dill - to taste
Salt - to taste
Tomatoes cut into large chunks, cucumber, onion and pepper - thin rings, beautiful cubes, and olives can be left whole or cut into slices. Vegetables stir, season with olive oil, add the top olives, and sprinkle with oregano and pepper. If the cheese is quite salty, you cannot salt further if need salt, add it at the end and immediately serve.
Greek Salad with Cherry Tomatoes
Ingredients:
Cherry tomatoes - 12 pcs.
Iceberg Lettuce - to taste
Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.
Cucumber - 2 pcs.
Olives with bone - 150 gr.
Feta cheese - 150 gr.
Olive oil - 40 gr.
Lemon juice - 10 g.
Seasoning Italian herbs - 10 g.
Salt - optional
This recipe is for those who are not too fan of onions. Cucumbers and peppers cut into large cubes, cherry divided into four parts, mix, sprinkle with lemon juice and sprinkle with olive oil. Share Fet, diced (or buy ready-made, chopped salad), whole olives, top - dried Italian herbs. If lucky enough to buy a Greek salad dressing, then it is the place here.
Greek Salad with Fresh Herbs
Ingredients:
Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.
Cucumber - 1 pc.
Tomatoes - 3 pieces.
Red onion - 1 pc.
Olive oil - 40 gr.
Wine vinegar - 10 gr.
Olives (pitted) - 150 gr.
Cheese or feta - 200 gr.
Dried Oregano - to taste
Mint fresh - to taste
Dill - to taste
Salt - to taste
Cucumber, pepper and onion cut into half rings, tomatoes - large cubes, olives lengthwise into two parts, herbs and finely chopped mint. Vegetables mix, season with vinegar and olive oil, sprinkle with oregano, top with Fet can be large portions.
Either option Greek salad can be served on leaves of fresh salad or wrapped in thin pita bread. Try to replace lemon juice or wine vinegar rice vinegar, which is sold in the departments for sushi, the taste will be canceled!