Recipe

Horiatiki (Greek Village Salad)

Name: Horiatiki (Greek Village Salad)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 4 large ripe tomatoes (cut into thick wedges); 1 large cucumber (thickly sliced); 1 red onion (in rings); 1 green pepper (in rings); 200 g Kalamata olives (pitted); 200 g feta cheese (in one thick slab); 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 tbsp red wine vinegar; 1 tsp dried oregano; Salt and black pepper, to taste

Greece's national salad: Kalamata olives, ripe tomato, cucumber and a whole slab of feta. Plain, and exactly right.

Time: 15 minutes
Serves: 4
Level: Easy
Cuisine: Greek

Directions

Arrange the tomato, cucumber, onion and pepper on a wide plate.
Scatter the olives among them.
Set the slab of feta whole in the centre — do not crumble it.
Drizzle over the olive oil and vinegar. Season with salt, pepper and oregano.
Serve at once, and do not toss it: in the Greek way the ingredients stay whole.

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