Greek Salad With Goat Cheese
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- 25 minutes
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Ingredients
Yield:4 to 6 servings
- Kosher salt
- 1garlic clove, halved
- 4cups romaine lettuce, rinsed, dried and torn into small pieces
- 8medium-sized radishes, sliced
- 1small red onion, sliced paper-thin and separated into rings
- 6scallions, trimmed and chopped
- 1small green pepper, cored, seeded and sliced into thin strips
- 1pint ripe cherry tomatoes, hulled and halved
- 1teaspoon dried oregano
- 1tablespoon finely chopped fresh mint
- 1tablespoon finely chopped fresh dill
- ½cup fruity extra-virgin olive oil
- 3tablespoons red wine vinegar
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 6ounces dried textured plain goat cheese, crumbled
- 8Greek or Italian black olives in oil, drained
- 4 to 8anchovy fillets drained
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Nutritional analysis per serving (6 servings)
280 calories; 25 grams fat; 7 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 15 grams monounsaturated fat; 2 grams polyunsaturated fat; 7 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams dietary fiber; 3 grams sugars; 8 grams protein; 460 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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- Step 1
Sprinkle a little kosher salt into a large glass or ceramic salad bowl. Rub the cut side of the garlic over the salt. Discard the garlic.
- Step 2
Place the lettuce, radishes, onion, scallions, green pepper and tomatoes in the bowl. Add the oregano, mint and dill.
- Step 3
Shortly before serving add the olive oil, toss, then add the vinegar. Season the salad to taste with salt and pepper.
- Step 4
Crumble the goat cheese over the salad, then arrange the olives and anchovy fillets on top. Toss again at the table before serving.
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seth
There is a great and simple greek recipe in the more 60 minute gourmet cookbook published in 1983.
2 heads of romaine cored and shredded
Bunch of scallions
Small onion cut into rings
4 radishes
12 imported black olives
1/2 cup of crumbled feta
1/4 tsp of dried oregano
12 cherry tomatoes, halved
Juice of two lemons
6-8 TBS olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste.
I start with 4 TBS of good olive oil and add lemon juice to taste.
I do not include the salt and pepper.
KCB in Bethesda
This is a nice recipe, but it is not/not for a Greek salad, which in Greece consists of tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, lemon juice, olive oil, and a good feta cheese (the feta is a must!).
Gillian
No self-respecting Greek would EVER put lettuce and dill in a traditional Greek salad. Lettuce salad is a different story. It is simply lettuce, spring onions and dill with an oil and lemon or vinegar dressing.
Anne
This saw so good! And really quite easy as well. If you love lots of stuff in your salad, this is perfect.
Ray
I'm going to sound grouchy, but so be it. I think you have nerve calling this Greek salad: Almost NONE of the ingredients you list have I ever had in salads served in Greece. Lettuce? radishes? scallions? mint? garlic? anchovies? You even advise against feta! And almost no olives! It's one thing to Americanize the dish (though I don't see why you should do even that for something as wonderful and easy as Greek salad), but there's almost nothing Greek here at all!
Peggy
I love this salad! I've had the traditional version in Greece and have emulated it for some 40 years. This one has an old-school Gourmet vibe. It's not traditional, but it's delicious. The goat cheese is a pleasing, creamy alternative to feta.
Shauna
Harsh comments from some about calling it a 'Greek' salad. Let's then call it a Mediterranean salad as all of these ingredients (sans the anchovies) are found in the salads we make at my husband's family home in Lebanon with the ingredients fresh from local farms that day. To make this a light main dish, we add grilled chicken, as well as sprinkling a pinch of sumac. Greek, Lebanese, Mediterranean...whatever...it is a great salad!
Sandy
The original recipe did not include the anchovies or black olives. I will try that next time. I didn't have fresh dill so I used dried. The goat cheese was a wonderful addition to this salad and we will have it in the salad rotation.
Laurie A.
I don’t care what kind of salad you want to call it, it’s DELICIOUS. Enough splitting hairs over what the Greeks do and don’t do with their salads. The recipe is amazing, and even better because it doesn’t use processed salad dressing. A keeper for sure.
Peggy
I love this salad! I've had the traditional version in Greece and have emulated it for some 40 years. This one has an old-school Gourmet vibe. It's not traditional, but it's delicious. The goat cheese is a pleasing, creamy alternative to feta.
barbara
In Greece the salad platter consists of tomatoes, olives, cucumber, square slabs of Feta, sprinkled heavily with Greek dried oregano and then one simply lets guests dress their plates with red wine vinegar and olive oil to taste.
Rachel Swift
Good salad, but I won't add as much olive oil next time.
YlNak
This is really good for Salad-as-Meal. To reduce the acidity a bit, I rinse the red onion and olives.
J. Farmakis
This should not be called a Greek salad, which consists of Feta cheese (a must!); tomatoes; onions; Kalamata olives and green peppers (optional); the only seasonings being salt, black pepper, Greek (wild) oregano, and olive oil.
Jessica
This was a great salad, easy, and fast. Loved the addition of the the herbs to the mix. I added some chicken and omitted the olives and scallions. Would maybe add some cucumber next time.
ElizParkCoop
When I was putting my shopping list together for this I did not notice the mention of a "fruity" EVOO. Fortunately, I had Blood Orange Olive Oil on hand and wasn't sure how it would play with the Red Wine Vinegar and the other ingredients...it was delicious. This will be a staple for summer most definitely. Loved the change the goat cheese delivered to the dish. So yummy!!
Toni
I like Greek salad, but feta cheese, not so much. Switching it out for goat cheese works well. This salad has nice balance exactly as written.
Cathy Zarakov
There is a great and simple greek recipe in the more 60 minute gourmet cookbook published in 1983.
2 heads of romaine cored and shredded
Bunch of scallions
Small onion cut into rings
4 radishes
12 imported black olives
1/2 cup of crumbled feta
1/4 tsp of dried oregano
12 cherry tomatoes, halved
Juice of two lemons
6-8 TBS olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste.
I start with 4 TBS of good olive oil and add lemon juice to taste.
I do not include the salt and pepper.
KCB in Bethesda
This is a nice recipe, but it is not/not for a Greek salad, which in Greece consists of tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, lemon juice, olive oil, and a good feta cheese (the feta is a must!).
Ray
Capers, too, as I recall. Also, vinegar was normal, rather than lemon juice.
ABR
Although you've forgotten to mention the ubiquitous black olives and/or capers, the salad you are describing is typical of the Cyclades. In other regions of Greece, especially Northern Greece, the so-called "Greek salad" (known everywhere in Greece as a "village salad") often contains quartered hard-boiled eggs, scallions, radishes, sometimes even green beans, potatoes, etc. This version is indeed something like what one might find in Greece off the beaten path.
Ray
I'm going to sound grouchy, but so be it. I think you have nerve calling this Greek salad: Almost NONE of the ingredients you list have I ever had in salads served in Greece. Lettuce? radishes? scallions? mint? garlic? anchovies? You even advise against feta! And almost no olives! It's one thing to Americanize the dish (though I don't see why you should do even that for something as wonderful and easy as Greek salad), but there's almost nothing Greek here at all!
seth
There is a great and simple greek recipe in the more 60 minute gourmet cookbook published in 1983.
2 heads of romaine cored and shredded
Bunch of scallions
Small onion cut into rings
4 radishes
12 imported black olives
1/2 cup of crumbled feta
1/4 tsp of dried oregano
12 cherry tomatoes, halved
Juice of two lemons
6-8 TBS olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste.
I start with 4 TBS of good olive oil and add lemon juice to taste.
I do not include the salt and pepper.
Gillian
No self-respecting Greek would EVER put lettuce and dill in a traditional Greek salad. Lettuce salad is a different story. It is simply lettuce, spring onions and dill with an oil and lemon or vinegar dressing.
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