[Pronounced Zet-zee-kee.]
Tried something new during our vacation that I absolutely luv, luv, luv. Oh. My. Gosh! It is absolutely delicious!!! Going to make it today. Thankfully the ingredients - so simple, really - are all readily available at our Commissary.
Tzatziki:
2 cups strained full-fat yogurt
1 medium cucumber
4 cloves of garlic, mashed to a paste
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt
Pinch of pepper
A little vinegar
Fresh dillweed, finely chopped
A few ripe olives
Grate the peeled cucumber on a coarse grater and press as much liquid as possible out of it. Mix the cucumber with the rest of the ingredients. Garnish with olives.
Light, summery, tasty - tasty beyond yummy. Goes very well on pita chips, pita bread, french bread, crackers... And goes best with a nice stemmed-glass of "grape juice."
Once introduced to Tzatziki while on vacation, not a day went by when I was not craving more. The first day I tried it - I had it twice - at two different restaurants. That is how good it was. I know I said it goes well on pita chips or bread - but I can eat this with a spoon right out of the bowl. It is THAT good.
Enjoy.
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I've never heard of it with olives...I'm gonna have to try that! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSays to use the olives for garnish, mewolcott. The picture I have in the cookbook I bought in Greece shows radishes being used as a garnish as well.
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome!
I have fresh radishes growing in my garden here in Colorado, so I think I'll have to use that as well as the olives...:D Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteThis works with fat-free yogurt as well. And if you add just a little milk (aboout 2 Tablespoons), it makes a pretty yummu salad dressing too.
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