Salata Horiatiki

Name: Salata Horiatiki (Greek Country Salad)
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 1 large mild onion, thinly sliced and the rings separated, or a bunch of spring onions, thinly sliced; 250 g (8 oz) Feta cheese, cut into small squares or broken with your fingers into coarse pieces; 1 dozen or more black Kalamata olives; Salt and pepper; 90 ml (6 tablespoons) olive oil; A good bunch of parsley, preferably the flat-leafed type, coarsely chopped; 1 green pepper, cut in thin rings crosswise; Juice of 1 lemon; 1 cucumber, not necessarily peeled, split in half through its length and cut into thick slices; 2 large knobbly tomatoes, cut in wedges; 1 Cos lettuce, cut into ribbons

Greek Country Salad

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

This salad brings back for me the garland of islands floating in the deep blue sea, the plaintive sound of the bouzouki and the sugar-cake houses. It can serve as a meal.

Ingredients

1 Cos lettuce, cut into ribbons
2 large knobbly tomatoes, cut in wedges
1 cucumber, not necessarily peeled, split in half th

Europe
Greece
Vegetarian
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Put all the salad ingredients together in a large bowl. Just before serving, mix the dressing to taste, beat well, pour over the salad and toss.