This traditional greek salad recipe is wonderfully uncomplicated, easy to make, and so refreshing. Feel free to toss it everything together in a mixing bowl, or just serve the base ingredients with bottles of olive oil and red wine vinegar on the side for people to dress their individual portions.
Ingredients
For a traditional Greek salad recipe, you will need:
- Tomatoes: We were always served ripe, round, medium-size tomatoes cut into wedges.
- Cucumber: Either Persian or English cucumbers will do.
- Green bell pepper: Again, traditional.
- Red onion: Usually cut into thin slices.
- Kalamata olives: Always whole, never pitted.
- Feta: Made from sheep’s milk, and always served in large chunks, not sprinkled.
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil: This will be the main ingredient.
- Dried Oregano: This was sometimes tossed with the salads, and sometimes just sprinkled on top.
- Sea salt: Always a must, especially on the Mediterranean. That said, feta cheese is usually pretty salty, so I recommend going light with the salt and you can always add more.
- Red wine vinegar: Most of our salads were also served with a generous splash of red (or white) wine vinegar.
- I do not usually measure out the oil, but if you are, just use the ratio 2:1 for the olive oil and vinegar. Don’t skimp on the olive oil, you don’t want it to be drowning in it but the salad should be coated in the oil.
Instructions
To make this horiatiki recipe, simply:
- Combine your base ingredients. In a large mixing bowl, add your tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper, and olives.
- Drizzle with Greek salad dressing. Which simply includes olive oil, a splash of red wine vinegar, and a pinch of dried oregano and salt.
- Briefly toss to combine. The salad should not be over-mixed, so just give it a very light toss.
- Top with feta cheese. The star of the show gets placed right on top, maybe drizzled with an extra bit of olive oil and oregano. Then…
- Serve on a shallow plate, not a deep one! Or transfer to a sealed container and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
Taken From: https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/authentic-greek-salad/ & https://www.themediterraneandish.com/traditional-greek-salad-recipe/
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