Sothern Horiatiki salad
Cuisine: Greek
Author: Maria Kalenska
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 5 mins
Total time: 15 mins


Ingredients
  • 4 small tomatoes
  • 4 small cucumbers
  • 2 sweet peppers
  • 1 red onion
  • 200 g feta
  • 125 g Kalamata olives
  • 1 tbsp capers
  • 100 ml olive oil
  • oregano
  • sea salt
Cooking method
  1. Peel the cucumbers. Cut cucumbers and tomatoes into large pieces. Peel pepper and onion and cut into thin strips. Cut feta into 4 parts.
  2. On the plates lay layers of tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, sweet peppers, olives. Add salt. Put feta on top. Sprinkle with oregano, season with olive oil and serve.
My tips and tricks
I will tell you 2 ways to store feta so that its taste does not deteriorate. The first, ancient Greek method storing feta in olive oil, this has been done for centuries in Hellas. Take a container with a lid, put feta in it and fill it with extra virgin olive oil so that the oil covers the cheese, and close the lid tightly. Oil acts as a preservative, feta does not dry out, and even vice versa, over time it acquires a more saturated, slightly spicy flavour. It is better to store feta this way if you plan to use it for salads. The second option, take the container, put feta in it, pour it with milk with a high percentage of fat and close the lid tightly. Feta will become even more tender and slightly less salty.

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