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　Recipe: À la carte Kos – Greek Salad with Goat's and Red-Wine Cheese

Greeks use a liberal dose of olive oil as dressing for the original Greek Salad. This dish is often served with rustic bread which can be used to soak up the oil.

The original Greek Salad with cheese can be served as an appetizer or as a main dish, when accompanied with bread.

Ingredients 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 owner Savvas Giannou and chef Zacharias Hazicharistos of The Traditional House Restaurant from the village of Mastichari on the island of Kos in Greece.