Greek Salad with Red-Wine Cheese
September 18, 2012Ingredients for Greek Salad with Red-Wine Cheese and Goat's Cheese
Serves 4
4 tomatoes
1 small cucumber
1 onion or Spanish onion, as desired
1 green pepper
black olives, if desired
good quality olive oil
4 slices of red-wine cheese (cheese marinated in red wine)
4 slices of goat's milk cheese (or feta cheese, as desired)
2 hard boiled eggs
a few chilli peppers
oregano
Preparation:
Cut the tomatoes in cubes.
Peel the cucumber, if desired, and cut it into cubes
Slice the onion into rings or strips.
Remove the core from the green pepper and cut the flesh into chunks.
Gently mix all the chopped up ingredients. Fold in the black olives.
Spoon the mixture onto four plates and sprinkle each liberally with salt.
Place one slice of red-wine cheese and one slice of goat's milk cheese (or feta) on top of each plate
Cut the hard boiled eggs into quarters and put two pieces on each plate
Garnish with one or two chilli peppers
Now sprinkle chopped oregano on each salad and drizzle with plenty of olive oil. Serve with fresh rustic bread.
Καλή όρεξη! (Kalí óreksi! or bon appétit!)
This recipe comes to us courtesy of chef Zacharias Hazicharistos.