Name: Greek Salad (Horiatiki)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 4 ripe tomatoes (cut into wedges); 1 cucumber (thickly sliced); 1 green pepper (sliced into rings); 1 small red onion (thinly sliced); 100 g Kalamata olives; 200 g block feta; 1 tsp dried oregano; 5 tbsp Greek extra virgin olive oil; 1 tbsp red wine vinegar; Flaky sea salt

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Traditional Greek village salad with ripe tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper, red onion, Kalamata olives and a slab of feta.

About this Greek recipe

Horiatiki means village salad. The authentic version has no lettuce, and the feta is served as a whole slab on top.

Ingredients you will need

The main ingredients are ripe tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper, small red onion, kalamata olives, block feta. Exact quantities are in the recipe card below.

How long it takes

Allow 15 min in total: 15 min of preparation. The recipe serves 4.

Greek Salad (Horiatiki)

Traditional Greek village salad with ripe tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper, red onion, Kalamata olives and a slab of feta.

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Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings: 4 servings

Course: Salad

Cuisine: Greek

Calories: 280

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

4 ripe tomatoes cut into wedges
1 cucumber thickly sliced
1 green pepper sliced into rings
1 small red onion thinly sliced
100 g Kalamata olives
200 g block feta
1 tsp dried oregano
5 tbsp Greek extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
Flaky sea salt

Method

Put the tomatoes, cucumber, pepper and onion in a wide bowl.
Season with salt and the vinegar and toss gently.
Add the olives.
Lay the feta on top and sprinkle with oregano.
Drizzle generously with olive oil and serve with bread to soak up the juices.

Notes

Only make this in summer when tomatoes are ripe. It is a salad about tomatoes.