Name: Raw Artichoke Salad (Aginares Salata)
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 3 lemons; Sea salt and freshly ground pepper; 5-6 small artichokes, about 2 inches in diameter; 1 clove garlic, minced; ½ cup chopped fresh dill; 1 teaspoon prepared mustard; 5 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Foods of Greece

By Aglaia Kremezi

Published 1993

About

This unusual salad can be found only in Crete in the early spring, on the first days of Lent. It is served with the Lenten fish spreads—Taramosalata and Rengosalata—as an appetizer.

Only very young, tender artichokes should be used for this dish. If you try it once, you will certainly want to make it again.