🥗🇬🇷 Classic Greek Salad (Horiatiki)
📝 Description
Classic Greek Salad, known as Horiatiki, is a fresh, vibrant dish made with crisp vegetables, creamy feta cheese, and a simple olive oil dressing. It’s light yet full of flavor, with juicy tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, briny olives, and a tangy finish. Perfect as a side dish or a healthy meal, it brings a taste of the Mediterranean to your table.
🛒 Ingredients
- 3 ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 1 cucumber, sliced (or chunked)
- 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
- ½ cup Kalamata olives
- 150g (5 oz) feta cheese (block, not crumbled)
🫒 Dressing
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- Salt and black pepper to taste
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Prepare the Vegetables
- In a large bowl, combine tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, and olives.
2. Make the Dressing
- In a small bowl, whisk olive oil, red wine vinegar, oregano, salt, and pepper.
3. Assemble
- Pour the dressing over the vegetables and toss gently.
- Place the block of feta cheese on top.
- Sprinkle a little extra oregano over the feta.
🍽 Serve
- Serve fresh with warm bread or as a side to grilled meats or fish
