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Mixed Cretan salad platter

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Ingredients for 2 servings:

  • 2 m.-large tomato(s), fully ripe
  • 1 small green, slim, seedless cucumber(s)
  • ½ m.-large tomato peppers, green
  • ½ m.-large tomato peppers, red
  • ½ m.-large onion(s), red
  • 14 green beans
  • 20 grapes, white, seedless
  • 4 tbsp tomato juice
  • 60 g orange juice
  • 3 m.-sized garlic cloves, fresh
  • 30 g feta cheese
  • 2 pinches of black pepper, freshly ground
  • 1 tsp chicken broth powder
  • 1 tbsp herb mix, Greek
  • 1 ½ tbsp red wine vinegar, mild
  • 2 tbsp sour cream
  • 1 tbsp spice brine from the olive jar
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ small carrot(s)
  • 6 black olives, pitted
  • 70 g feta cheese
  • 2 tbsp chives, fresh or frozen

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 45 minutes

Wash the vegetables and fruit and chop into bite-sized pieces. Blanch the green beans for 3 minutes. Halve the olives lengthwise. Arrange all ingredients in a bowl. Peel the carrot, slice it into julienne strips, and sprinkle over the salad. Place the liquid ingredients for the dressing in a bowl, add the garlic cloves, crumble the feta, and grind the pepper. Mix with a spoon, but do not blend. Set the salad and dressing aside in a cool place. About 15 minutes before serving, drizzle the dressing over the salad, garnish, and serve chilled. Serve with fresh, warm baguette.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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