Amazing Watermelon Greek Salad With Feta |
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The cool, crunchy watermelon is the perfect base for the pungent, greek flavours of feta and olives - it's a perfect balance of savoury and sweet. A similar salad was served to me at a cafe a few years back. I had always remembered it and finally decided to try to recreate it. Read more . This is about as close to the original I could get. Ingredients:
3/4 cup red onion, thinly sliced |
1 tbsp fresh lime juice |
6 cups seedless watermelon, cubed |
3/4 cup feta cheese, cubed (or crumbled) |
1/2 cup black olives, pitted and halved (or use sliced ripe olives) |
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil |
balsamic vinegar, to taste |
fresh parsley, chopped, to garnish |
Directions:
1. In a small bowl, cover the onion slices with the lime juice. The acid in the lime juice will help to mellow the onion a bit.
2. In a large salad bowl, combine the watermelon, feta, olives, and onions (without the lime juice, but save the juice for the vinegrette) Set aside.
3. Wisk together the reserved lime juice, olive oil and as much balsamic vinegar to suit your taste and preferences. Keep in mind there is quite a bit of flavour in the salad from the feta and olives so just 1 or 2 tbsp usually does the trick.
4. Pour vinegrette over melon mixture and toss. Garnish with freshly chopped parsley.
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