A Different Greek Salad

Submitted by diner524

"I found this recipe in the "The Barbecue Bible" by Steven Raichlen. Posting for ZWT 4."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 head romaine lettuce, separated into leaves, rinsed, and spun dry
• 1 garlic clove, cut in half
• 1 bunch fresh dill, freshly chopped
• 1 bunch scallion, both white and green parts, trimmed and finely chopped
• 1 -2 lemon, cut in half
• 3 -4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1⁄2 cup kalamata olives or 1/2 cup other Greek olive
• 4 -6 ounces feta cheese, drained and thinly sliced

directions

1. Cut the romaine leaves crosswise into 1/2-inch strips. Rub a salad bowl with cut garlic. Add the romaine, dill and scallions. At this point, salad could be covered and put in refrigerator until ready to serve.
2. Just before serving, squeeze the lemon juice to taste over the salad and pour the oil on top. Season the salad generously with salt and pepper and toss well to mix. Garnish the salad with the olives and feta and serve.

Reviews

[ForeverMama]

I love the fact that this particular salad adds fresh dill and scallions to the mix. It's a great idea! I followed the recipe to a T and we all enjoyed it. Sorry that my pic. Doesn’t contain the kalamata olives but my daughter picked them off before I took the pic. This will be made again. Thank you for sharing diner524. Made it for CQ3-Greece, 2016.

 

[Debbwl]

Fresh, simple and delicious! Loved the use of dill and lemon in this delicious Greek salad. Made as written and will be making again. Thanks so much for the post.

 

[Brooke the Cook in]

So very flavorful! Very fresh flavors with the lemon juice and tangy cheese - the dill really makes it stand apart too. I like how the garlic is rubbed on the bowl instead of minced into a dressing - it provides plenty of garlic taste.

 

[breezermom]

Who would have thought that fresh lemon juice and olive oil would make such a good dressing? I have quite a fondness for kalamata olives and feta cheese, so I knew I would love this! This salad did not disappoint. Thanks for posting!

 

[magpie diner]

I have an aunt & uncle who make their salad this way...I had forgotten about how simple, authentic and fresh tasting it is! Thanks, made this to go with cioppino and it was great.