Greek and Levantine · Greece
Greek Salad
The authentic Greek salad (horiatiki — village salad) has no lettuce, no dressing beyond salt and olive oil, and no chopping of the tomatoes beyond quartering. It is tomato, cucumber, green pepper, Kalamata olives, and a slab (not crumbled) of Dodoni feta, finished with dried Greek oregano and olive oil. The version found outside Greece (with lettuce, crumbled feta, and bottled dressing) is a different, inferior object.
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The Market List
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400g
200g
English cucumber
peeled in stripes, cut into 2cm chunks
Your own market
1
red onion
sliced thinly into half-moons
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200g
Feta DOP cheese
cut into 2cm cubes
Not yet stocked in British Columbia
60g
Kalamata olives
pitted
Not yet stocked in British Columbia
15g
dried oregano
Not yet stocked in British Columbia
90ml
extra-virgin olive oil
Your own market
30ml
red wine vinegar
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3g
sea salt
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1g
black pepper
Your own market
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II
The Method
1
Arrange tomato chunks in large shallow bowl, scatter cucumber and red onion over top.
2
Distribute Feta cubes and Kalamata olives across salad.
3
Whisk together extra-virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, sea salt, and black pepper in small bowl until emulsified.
4
Drizzle dressing evenly over salad, scatter dried oregano across top, toss gently with your hands (do not over-mix).
5
Taste and adjust salt/acid as needed; serve immediately at room temperature.
IV
Sensory Tests
◇Where it lives or dies. The moment where Greek salad lives or dies is the tomato quality — taste a tomato before assembling. It must be sweet, acidic, and fragrant. If the tomato is bland, the entire salad will be bland. Wait for summer tomatoes; do not make this salad with winter tomatoes. A Greek farmer's market tomato in August is a different vegetable from a supermarket tomato in January.
Pillars V — VII
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