Taverna Salad Recipe: A Greek-Lebanese Inspired Dish from Lidey Heuck's Cookbook
By
Joan Nathan
Soft in all the wrong places. Take with a strong tea.
Summary
A recipe for Taverna Salad from Lidey Heuck's cookbook "Cooking in Real Life" (2024). This colorful salad combines elements of classic Greek salad (horiatiki) and Lebanese fattoush, featuring tomatoes, chickpeas, bell pepper, cucumber, Kalamata olives, parsley, red onion, capers, and scallions with an olive oil and red wine vinegar dressing. Each ingredient contributes to the harmony of the salad—bell pepper and cucumber for crunch, shallot/olives/capers for tang, and tomatoes for sweetness.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledThis colorful, meal-of-a-salad from Lidey Heuck's cookbook, 'Cooking in Real Life' (S&S/Simon Element, 2024), is inspired by two dishes: classic Greek salad (also known as horiatiki) and fattoush, the Lebanese salad of vegetables and pieces of fried pita.
The ingredient list may look long at first, but each ingredient contributes to the harmony of the salad: bell pepper and cucumbers for crunch; shallot, olives and capers for a bit of tang; chopped tomatoes for sweetness.
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