The Greek salad is known long ago and to very many people in our country. But not all know that in Greece it is called salad in a rural way or horyatik as they cook it from vegetables, olives and the traditional feta cheese similar to brynza known to the Russian person. Cheese is cooked almost in each family in the Greek villages as well as are engaged in cultivation of vegetables.
Its preparation will require the following ingredients (the weight is specified on net):
- tomatoes fresh - 290 g;
- cucumbers fresh - 120 g;
- yellow paprika - 120 g;
- brynza or feta cheese - 250 g;
- leaf lettuce - 30 g;
- onion salad red - 80 g;
- olives or olives - 110 g;
- olive oil - 100 g.
Technology of preparation of the Greek salad
Vegetables: tomatoes, pepper and cucumbers to wash, clean, remove the parts which aren't used in food and to cut with a large cube. Olives or olives to wring out accurately from a brine in which they were and to cut with large rings. To connect vegetables and olives together and to water plentifully with olive oil. Carefully to mix everything.
Brynza or feta cheese should be divided into 2 parts. It is very strong to crush and add one part to salad. To mix carefully, the appearance of salad has to be such as if it is seasoned with sour cream. To cut the rest of Fet with a large cube and to postpone.
Also to divide lettuce leaves into 2 parts: beautiful to put aside, and smaller and uneven to curtail into a tubule and to cut. Add to vegetables.
With onions arrive also: divide into 2 parts. One part needs to be cut with a small cube and to add to salad. And another - thin half rings or rings.
Salad with the added new components (cheese, onions and greens of salad) should be mixed carefully. It is beautiful to spread out large leaves of greens to a portion plate, on them to lay out the hill salad, to decorate with rings of red onions and cubes of cheese of Feta.