Greek Village Salad with a Slab of Feta
10 ingredients
9 steps
What you need
- 4 ripe tomatoes
- 1 cucumber
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 small red onion
- 100 g (3/4 cup) kalamata olives, unpitted
- 200 g (7 oz) feta, in one block
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- salt, to taste
- black pepper, freshly ground, to taste
Method
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- 1
Core the tomatoes and cut them into rough wedges or chunks.
- 2
Peel the cucumber in stripes if the skin is thick, halve it lengthwise and cut into thick half-moons.
- 3
Seed the pepper and slice it into thin rings.
- 4
Slice the onion into thin rings.
- 5
Pile the tomatoes, cucumber, pepper and onion in a wide shallow bowl and scatter the olives over them.
- 6
Sprinkle with a little salt and toss gently with your hands.
- 7
Lay the feta on top as a single slab.
- 8
Pour the olive oil over everything, letting some run over the cheese.
- 9
Crumble the oregano between your fingers over the feta, add a grind of black pepper and serve straight away.
About horiatiki salad
Tomato, cucumber, green pepper, red onion and kalamata olives dressed in olive oil, with a slab of feta laid whole on top rather than crumbled in.
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