Feta is a traditional Greek cheese, which has been produced for many centuries from sheep's and goat's milk. It is aged for at least three months in salted brine, because of which it receives a characteristic salty taste and a pleasant smell. The fat content of cheese ranges from 30% to 60%, so it can not be attributed to dietary varieties. However, you do not eat much feta, it is too salty, but it is ideal for making salads. Salad with feta cheese is a visiting card of Greek cuisine. It can be ordered at almost any cafe in the world. But this is not the only recipe in which feta ideally emphasizes the rest of the ingredients. There are many such dishes, and with some of them I want to introduce you. But let's start with the traditional Greek salad - where without it! For him we will need:
- 300 g of feta cheese;
- 3 cucumbers;
- 3 medium tomatoes or 9 cherry tomatoes;
- 1 Bulgarian pepper;
- Half a sweet onion;
- A jar of olives or olives;
- olive oil;
- Fresh basil;
- sea salt.
Cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers and cut into small pieces. Onions are cleaned and cut into half rings. Feta cut into cubes. Spread the vegetables and cheese in a deep plate. Finely chop the fresh basil and add it to the salad. Olives or olives are laid for your taste: love - more, do not be their fan - smaller. Add a little olive oil and sea salt to the salad. How to mix it and serve it to the table. This salad with feta cheese will be the perfect complement to meat or fish, and can also be an independent dish, like a light supper or a day's snack. In any case, this useful, tasty and very simple in cooking dish will be able to even begin the hostess.
Warm salad with feta cheese
Sometimes you want to have a quick snack, but that at the same time the food was both healthy and tasty, and warm, and hearty, and easy. The task is not simple, especially when you need to quickly prepare such a snack. But there is a solution! Warm salad with feta cheese will be for you in this case a real wand-zashchalochkoy. To prepare it we will need:
- A can of canned beans;
- A can of tinned tuna ;
- 200 g of feta cheese;
- 2 tomatoes;
- Clove of garlic;
- A bunch of greenery (dill, parsley);
- vegetable oil;
- salt pepper.
Heat the frying pan and pour a little vegetable oil on it. Finely chop the garlic and lightly fry it. Add the beans from the jar to the pan to the garlic, along with the liquid in which it was. Cover and let it simmer over low heat. In the meantime, scald the tomatoes with boiling water and peel them off, finely chop and add to the beans. Again, cover the frying pan with a lid and simmer the vegetables until the tomatoes are very soft and turn into tomato paste. At the same time, they must be constantly stirred and crushed periodically, so that they soften faster. When the beans are ready, put it in a deep bowl. While it is not cold, add the rest of the ingredients: chopped tuna, finely chopped greens and feta cubes. Mix everything thoroughly, add a little olive oil and salt with pepper to taste. From the heat of the bean, the cheese should melt slightly, which will give it even more softness. Also remember that all salads with feta cheese should not be salted abundantly, because cheese already contains enough salt. And if you want to make it more fresh, then before preparing the dish, keep the cheese for about half an hour in mineral water or milk. For the first time you will try other salad recipes with feta cheese. And you can invent them yourself or just add some of this cheese to your favorite salad. Bon Appetit!