How to Make Horiatiki Salata (Hearty Greek Salad)
Test cook Becky Hays and host Julia Collin Davison make a beautiful Horiatiki Salata (Hearty Greek Salad).
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My favorite salad. It looks so delicious. You can't go wrong with "America's Test Kitchen".
Sorry, capers are not classic here…I've had this salad all my life and we never used capers…I guess you could for variation, but definitely not classic!
Can you come up with a recipe for creamed spinach?
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I made this last night because it was a really hot day, and it turned out really delicious. My boyfriend is vegan, so I used slabs of homemade vegan feta. I also used heirloom tomatoes from the farmers market. Even though I salted them for 30 mins in a colander, they still produced a lot of liquid in the bowl. Next time I'll try using a mess strainer instead, but I'll definitely be making this again real soon. Thanks once again, ATK!
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I love Becky. Julia isn't at all bad either. Good work ladies!
Yum! Here is my plate 🍽
Thank you for finally showing something remotely healthy for once…eating all your recipes will turn me into a land whale
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Definitely use Greek olive oil on this one. The difference is huge!
Made this today & was fantastic!
I'm surprised that an American actually said χωριάτικη σαλάτα (village salad) correctly. You definitely don't need to drain and salt the tomatoes. As a matter of fact just make the entire salad in one bowl and save yourself the dishwashing. You're wasting a lot of the pepper cutting up the bell pepper that way. A red onion doesn't have the sulfuric punch of a white so you don't need to soak it at all. Don't make the dressing on the side. Just add it to the top of everything. Your olives look old and mushy. They don't need to be pitted. Why waste yet another serving dish? Just serve it in the bowl. With all of the salt you've added adding this feta on top will just make it too salty, unless your feta is the nasty imitation domestic feta not made in Hellas. The juice from the salad is delicious and if not eaten with a crusty piece of bread dunked right in to the dressing can be drunk as is.
Don't get me wrong, I love Julia and her wisdom.. but man sometimes she needs to be quiet for 2 minutes
it’s a sin to drain the tomatoes and must be outlawed 🤣
why specifically ice water, diffusion is slower in ice water
Cucumbers and Tomatoes are fruit and not vegetables
Going to try this for sure, love yours! Thank you for sharing… I’m subscribed! 😁
As a greek person, I'll say this is more or less spot on. I would personally substitute green peppers for some lettuce, but that's just personal preference. I can also say, we don't bother premixing the vinegar, salt and oregano. We just bring the salad to the table unseasoned and we season and mix it right before serving. As a kid I would always want to be the one who does the mixing and now my nieces like to do it 😛
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Will be trying this within the week!
Becky always makes great dishes
No gyro meat?