Description
A traditional Greek salad featuring ripe tomatoes, thick slabs of feta cheese, and briny Kalamata olives, dressed simply with olive oil and oregano for a refreshing and authentic taste.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Crust:
- 4 large ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 1 large cucumber, sliced into half-moons
- 1 green bell pepper, sliced
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 200g slab of feta cheese
- 1 cup Kalamata olives
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
1. Prepare the Crust:
- Wash and prepare all vegetables: cut tomatoes into wedges, slice cucumber and bell pepper, and thinly slice the red onion.
- Arrange the tomato wedges, cucumber slices, bell pepper slices, and red onion in a large salad bowl or platter.
- Place the slab of feta cheese on top of the vegetables and scatter the Kalamata olives around the salad.
- Drizzle the extra virgin olive oil evenly over the salad and sprinkle with dried oregano, salt, and black pepper.
- Gently toss the salad just before serving to combine the flavors while keeping the feta slab intact.
Notes
You can customize the seasonings to taste.