"Dakos Salad is a simple preparation made with a handful of ingredients, that come together for an amazing eating experience. Cretan barley rusks piled with freshly-grated ripe tomatoes and salty-creamy feta cheese; and seasoned with salt, pepper, dried oregano and generously drizzled with extra virgin olive oil - summer fare at its best!"
Dakos Salad
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Cook time 5mins
Serves or Makes: 4
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ingredients
- bowl of water
- 5 small Cretan barley rusks
- 3 ery ripe medium sized tomatoes
- extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt
- pepper
- dried oregano
- feta
Preparing the Dakos Salad
Method
Step 1
Briefly dip the barley rusks into the water and then place on a serving dish
Step 2
Drizzle generously with EVOO
Step 3
Sprinkle with sea salt, oregano and ground black pepper
Step 4
Cut the tomatoes in half and using a coarse grater, grate the flesh from each half
Step 5
Spoon 1 ½ soupspoons of grated tomato flesh on top of the seasoned rusks
Step 6
Season with more salt and ground pepper
Step 7
Drizzle generously again with EVOO
Step 8
Add crumbled feta on top
Step 9
Sprinkle with more oregano
Serving the Dakos Salad
Step 1
Serve and enjoy!
Key Points
Step 1
Fresh, ripe, summer tomatoes are best for this preparation, but you can use store bought tomatoes too. Purchase tomatoes with a dark red hue and do not refrigerate them (ever!!!!). If they are not ready to use immediately, allow them to sit out for a few days to ripen a bit
Step 2
You can use fresh ricotta or a slice of pan-fried haloumi instead of feta in this preparation
Step 3
Mini Cretan barley rusks (rather than the larger rusks) were used in this recipe to provide the right textural balance between the rusk, the tomato puree and the feta cheese. Cretan barley rusks are readily available from your city’s Greek delicatessen(s). Otherwise you can buy them online or make your own, using the recipe from another wonderful foodie, Magdalini at http://mylittleexpatkitchen.blogspot.com/2013/10/greek-barley-bread.html