Horiatiki salata (aka Greek village salad)

Now this is a real simple recipe and a staple in Greece. You will find it as an accompaniment with other main dishes or eaten as a meal with some nice crusty bread straight from the bakery…or you can make your own! Even if you think you can’t do anything in the kitchen, you can make this. It’s as simple as cutting the vegetables and throwing some kalamata black olives and chunks of feta on top, and the dressing is just as simple!

You will need:

• 2 large ripe tomatoes, you can use roma, campari or smaller varieties if you prefer, cut into medium chunks
• 1 medium English cucumber, cut horizontally and then chopped in large chunks. Traditionally the cucumber is peeled but I like using it all
• 1 small green pepper, sliced
• 1 small white onion, sliced
• 4 oz feta cheese, cut in chunks
• 1/4 cup of Kalamata black olives, pitted or not
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/8 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• Salt, to taste
• 1 loaf of Italian or French bread, or make your own rustic bread.

Steps:

1. Add your tomatoes to a nice salad bowl and top with cucumber, green pepper, white onion, feta cheese and black olives and top with oregano.
2. Drizzle the olive oil over the top and then the vinegar. Toss well to combine and add salt to taste.
3. After the juices from the tomatoes have macerated with the olive oil and vinegar it makes for a wonderful tasting juice. Make sure you dip some of that bread into the juices as you eat the salad!

Kali Orexi!

Horiatiki Salata

Greek Village Salad

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Course Salad

Cuisine Greek

Ingredients

  

• 2 large ripe tomatoes you can use roma, campari or smaller varieties if you prefer, cut into medium chunks
• 1 medium English cucumber cut horizontally and then chopped in large chunks. Traditionally the cucumber is peeled but I like using it all
• 1 small green pepper sliced
• 1 small white onion sliced
• 4 oz feta cheese cut in chunks
• 1/4 cup of Kalamata black olives pitted or not
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/8 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• Salt to taste
• 1 loaf of Italian or French bread or make your own rustic bread.

Instructions

 

• Add your tomatoes to a nice salad bowl and top with cucumber, green pepper, white onion, feta cheese and black olives and top with oregano.
• Drizzle the olive oil over the top and then the vinegar. Toss well to combine and add salt to taste.
• After the juices from the tomatoes have macerated with the olive oil and vinegar it makes for a wonderful tasting juice. Make sure you dip some of that bread into the juices as you eat the salad!