Greek salads, breads and sides
5 recipes from across Heart Athens. Each one opens where it sits, next to the place, dish or dictionary entry it belongs to.
SaladHoriatiki (classic Greek salad)The 'village salad', tomato, cucumber, onion, peppers, olives and a slab of feta with oregano and olive oil; no lettuce.
Side dishHorta (boiled wild greens)Boiled wild or leafy greens dressed with olive oil and lemon; a simple, ubiquitous side.
SaladKarpouzi me feta (watermelon and feta)Chilled watermelon cubes scattered with feta and mint and drizzled with olive oil.
BreadKoulouri Thessalonikis (sesame bread ring)A yeasted dough rolled into rings, dipped in grape must syrup and rolled thickly in sesame seeds.BreadTsoureki (sweet plaited Easter bread)A sweet braided bread scented with mahlepi and mastic, baked at Easter.Photo credits on this page
- Horiatiki (classic Greek salad): Photo: Jpatokal, CC BY-SA 4.0 (multi licensed, also GFDL and CC BY-SA 3.0, 2.5, 2.0 and 1.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Horta (boiled wild greens): Photo: Sotiria Simota, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Karpouzi me feta (watermelon and feta): Photo: G Da, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Koulouri Thessalonikis (sesame bread ring): Photo: PLAKLE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons