Horiatiki salad
The “Horiatiki” salad is a staple of the Greek table -No meal is complete without a big bowl of Greek salad. I have never been to my Yiayia's home for lunch or dinner without this being served. We eat it for lunch and dinner and some could even it for breakfast!
I remember one summer in Greece sitting on the balcony with my pappou (grandfather) in Akrata. I asked him what Greeks ate for breakfast back in the day. He responded that we would eat fresh tomatoes with olives and a piece of fresh bread. That says it all…
Enough said, here is how you make it!
Ingredients
- Ingredients:
- 4 tomatoes I usually use the large grape tomatoes
- 1 in Cucumber peeled and sliced round . you could cut the sliceshalf if you prefer
- in Half of a red onion cutcrescents
- Feta cheese
- Olives
- oregano
- salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Red wine vinegar
- in Optional: Green pepper cuthorizontal slices
Instructions
- Wash tomatoes and cut in eights or 16ths. Add sliced cucumber, onion and salt and pepper to taste.
- Top the salad with one or two 1/2 inch slices of the feta cheese. Pour the olive oil and red wine vinegar over the feta and finally sprinkle the oregano over all the ingredients. Optional : Add 3 or 4 slices of green pepper.
- Eat it with a slice of fresh bread!
Notes
Important note: Do not add lettuce in the Greek salad - it removes the “Greek” from " Salad".
Yanni