Greek salad I know is not really a recipe as such, every Greek family have their own version, but the basics are fairly the same all over Greece & Cyprus. We fell in love with this salad whilst on holiday in Skopelos last year with Rosie & Olly and again this time of year, like the panzanella that is also on this Blog, it appears on our table a least a couple of times a week. It is by far Rosie’s favourite salad and the one recipe that I am sure that she will want one day on this Blog.
The picture above is of Rosie at our villa in Skopelos, enjoying the view and reading. It was our first holiday away as a family with Ben and it was truly magical, the memories will last forever.
Καλή όρεξη (Enjoy your meal).
Serves 4 – quantities are very approximate as you can make it to taste, we use loads of tomatoes in our as we love them.
1 Cucumber (I often peel the cucumber, as cucumbers here are not as sweet as those in Greece) – cut into chunks
4 ripe tomatoes, cut into chunks
1 small red onion, finely chopped
1 red pepper, 1 yellow pepper, 1 orange pepper – cored & cut into chunkc
200g feta
Oregano
For the dressing :
1/2 teaspoon oregano
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 lemons, juiced
1 clove garlic
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Roughly chop all the salad ingredients and place in a nice salad bowl. Add the finely chopped onion and mix through, leave to stand whilst you make the dressing.
Put all of the dressing ingredients into a small jug and whisk together, season to taste and when you are happy with the mix, pour over your prepared salad, toss through with your hands. Add as little or as much dressing as you desire, we add a fair amount as Ben loves it and always likes to mop up any left over dressing with a piece of crusty bread.
Take the whole piece of feta (you may think this rather odd as my friend Michelle did when I took this salad to her house, if you prefer you can crumble, but this is how the Greeks do it) and coat both sides with a sprinkle of dried oregano and place on top of the salad. Simple, now just serve and enjoy.
I know, I hear you cry, where are the olives, a Greek salad is not a Greek salad without olives, I apologise but we all hate the little things in this house, but please add them if you love them.
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