How to Make Horiatiki Salata (Hearty Greek Salad)

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
  • Test cook Becky Hays and host Julia Collin Davison make a beautiful Horiatiki Salata (Hearty Greek Salad).
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 88

  • @alexandrosmlx
    @alexandrosmlx 2 роки тому +29

    Don’t drain the tomatoes with the salt, leave the juice of all the vegetables mix with the olive oil and it will create a nice emulsion of flavour that you can dip your bread afterwards (papara) best part of the salad.

  • @ansalicru
    @ansalicru 2 роки тому +15

    Horiatiki means village style, and honestly, all Greek food is hearty (good thing)

  • @christistaggs7190
    @christistaggs7190 2 роки тому +17

    I love America's Test Kitchen. I love everybody on the show. I also love all the recipes, and how they are prepared. I also love hearing Julia say ho ho ho when she is happy about food that looks good. She makes it so exciting to get to taste the new recipe, no matter what it is. I am so glad that I can watch America's Test Kitchen on my television, and on my telephone. I love you guys! Keep up the good work!!

    • @damianrhea8875
      @damianrhea8875 2 роки тому

      My retired friend now has time to cook their recipes regularly and tells me how new and exciting certain dishes taste!

  • @nxstng7325
    @nxstng7325 2 роки тому +50

    We live on this salad in the summer. Warning: don’t make it with supermarket tomatoes, they don’t do it justice. Also we don’t drain the tomatoes. To each their own but the juice that accumulates at the bottom with some crusty bread is the best part. We called it the ζουμι

    • @Katy32344
      @Katy32344 2 роки тому +3

      I'm with you on not draining tomatoes!!

    • @aysunrhn1
      @aysunrhn1 2 роки тому +4

      Why would anyone drain the juice?? To me it's the best part of making the salad! You have to finish it up by dipping some warm bread into it

    • @grksher
      @grksher 2 роки тому +2

      Yes…my xeni husband now always wants his psomi so he can dunk in the zoumi…lol!! And not sure why they called this “hearty” Greek salad when it’s actually VILLAGE Greek salad! But…all delicious nonetheless!! 😊🤌

    • @nxstng7325
      @nxstng7325 2 роки тому +2

      @grksher ζουμι + ψομι = αγαπη. And my xeno wife has come to see the light on that topic too 😆

    • @grksher
      @grksher 2 роки тому +1

      @@nxstng7325 I love it!! My husband is Jewish and before we married we quickly decided we’d be focusing on MY cultural cuisine…lol! 😊

  • @Jay-bf8yp
    @Jay-bf8yp 2 роки тому +12

    Doesn't most of the flavor in tomatos reside in the juices?

    • @myrdraal2001
      @myrdraal2001 2 роки тому +2

      Yes. Adding this much salt everywhere and then also adding feta also makes it too salty.

  • @dogoku
    @dogoku 2 роки тому +8

    As a greek person, I'll say this is more or less spot on. I would personally substitute green peppers for some lettuce, but that's just personal preference. I can also say, we don't bother premixing the vinegar, salt and oregano. We just bring the salad to the table unseasoned and we season and mix it right before serving. As a kid I would always want to be the one who does the mixing and now my nieces like to do it :P

    • @nikeaddict55
      @nikeaddict55 2 роки тому +2

      I've grown to love putting chunks of either wheat or barley paximadia in and letting it sit for about 10 minutes before eating. Soaks up the zoumi quite well

    • @dogoku
      @dogoku 2 роки тому +1

      @@nikeaddict55 reminds me of "ntakos" from Crete

    • @nikeaddict55
      @nikeaddict55 2 роки тому +1

      @@dogoku Exactly. A nice ntakos vibe

  • @tammywinter6608
    @tammywinter6608 2 роки тому +7

    Always love this combination of vegetables in just about any dressing. Something my mom always had on the table in the summer time, we called it thunder and lightning, seriously. Brings back memories. This dish goes under many guises and names. It looks to me it's one of those universal recipes of making something out of what you have that's easy, nutritious and delicious. This variation looks yummy.

  • @StoyanStoitsev
    @StoyanStoitsev 2 роки тому +3

    it’s a sin to drain the tomatoes and must be outlawed 🤣

    • @myrdraal2001
      @myrdraal2001 2 роки тому

      Agreed. Plus with this much salt added everywhere adding the feta just makes it too salty.

  • @nickk8416
    @nickk8416 Рік тому +2

    My favorite salad. It looks so delicious. You can't go wrong with "America's Test Kitchen".

  • @30Huckleberry
    @30Huckleberry 2 роки тому +2

    Never have to have an iceberg tomato and cheddar salad again

  • @ColleenHershon
    @ColleenHershon 2 роки тому +2

    I made this last night because it was a really hot day, and it turned out really delicious. My boyfriend is vegan, so I used slabs of homemade vegan feta. I also used heirloom tomatoes from the farmers market. Even though I salted them for 30 mins in a colander, they still produced a lot of liquid in the bowl. Next time I'll try using a mess strainer instead, but I'll definitely be making this again real soon. Thanks once again, ATK!

    • @pocketsizedrockette
      @pocketsizedrockette Місяць тому

      Colleen, if you see this (I’m seeing your comment a year after you posted it), may I ask where you found the recipe for the homemade vegan feta? I would love to have a recipe for that in my repertoire

  • @13c11a
    @13c11a Рік тому +1

    Simple, elegant, beautiful. Thanks to both of you. Julia, I love your hair like that.

  • @EMCain-rz6kv
    @EMCain-rz6kv 2 роки тому +2

    Greek Salad...all time favorite salad!!

  • @hanyweizman4706
    @hanyweizman4706 3 місяці тому

    Original Greek Salad, NEVER do the salads with the cucumber skin on

  • @TangentOmega
    @TangentOmega 2 роки тому +1

    Definitely use Greek olive oil on this one. The difference is huge!

  • @Arcenia13
    @Arcenia13 2 роки тому +1

    Yum! Here is my plate 🍽

  • @rachellemazar7374
    @rachellemazar7374 2 роки тому +2

    This looks so yummy

  • @Luluita17
    @Luluita17 2 роки тому +5

    Becky rocks !!!

  • @ColleenHershon
    @ColleenHershon 2 роки тому +1

    Will be trying this within the week!

  • @bryanmathew2079
    @bryanmathew2079 2 роки тому

    VasiLi's@ in Santa Cruz Ca, Has GreAtS Very GarLicky& Lemon Forwards, There Greek 🍋 Lemon 🍋 Baked Potato Wedges....Were to Live !! FOr Lol.

  • @Reinolds_Recipes
    @Reinolds_Recipes 2 роки тому

    Going to try this for sure, love yours! Thank you for sharing… I’m subscribed! 😁

  • @markfinley7973
    @markfinley7973 2 роки тому

    I love Becky. Julia isn't at all bad either. Good work ladies!

  • @bretf5371
    @bretf5371 2 роки тому +8

    χωριάτικη σαλάτα = Peasant Salad. Lose the green peppers, vinegar, black pepper, and capers. I’ve never seen capers in a Greek Salad, what you showed was American-ized Greek Salad, not what you’d find in the average restaurant in Greece.

    • @ioannisaliazis
      @ioannisaliazis 2 роки тому +2

      Agreed, also the cucumber and pepper pieces are deffo too chunky and the feta isn’t chunky enough 😅

    • @pwp8737
      @pwp8737 2 роки тому +2

      nothing is static; even in Greece cooks/chefs introduce new twists to old dishes. Athens is full of Carrefours, McDonalds, and every imaginable cuisine under the sun.

    • @ioannisaliazis
      @ioannisaliazis 2 роки тому

      @@pwp8737 experimenting doesn’t mean that recipes to traditional dishes change too though

    • @corackadile
      @corackadile 2 роки тому

      I'm half greek and my grandmother used to make greek food all the time when I was growing up. Nothing irks me more than someone saying greek salad and it's nothing like a traditional greek salad lol

    • @panos3051
      @panos3051 2 роки тому

      Bret F: Correct. Also, not so many olives!

  • @oldcowbb
    @oldcowbb 2 роки тому

    why specifically ice water, diffusion is slower in ice water

    • @myrdraal2001
      @myrdraal2001 2 роки тому

      A red onion doesn't have that much sulfur so you can skip this step entirely like the Hellenic people do.

  • @Kefalonitissa109
    @Kefalonitissa109 Рік тому +2

    Sorry, capers are not classic here...I've had this salad all my life and we never used capers...I guess you could for variation, but definitely not classic!

  • @KendallBrockman
    @KendallBrockman 10 місяців тому

    That's great

  • @GottaBeThere2736
    @GottaBeThere2736 2 роки тому +1

    💚💙💜

  • @markfinley7973
    @markfinley7973 2 роки тому

    Can you come up with a recipe for creamed spinach?

  • @dianajones8598
    @dianajones8598 2 роки тому +3

    That's s lovely fresh salad. Yum 😋

  • @otter_popz8979
    @otter_popz8979 2 роки тому

    Looks fantastic! Look forward to trying it.

  • @kevincorbin6273
    @kevincorbin6273 2 роки тому

    Becky always makes great dishes

  • @cheriefranco5686
    @cheriefranco5686 11 місяців тому

    Need to try looks delicious

  • @genehammond7239
    @genehammond7239 2 роки тому

    👍👍

  • @anthonycirami8500
    @anthonycirami8500 2 роки тому +2

    Delicious

  • @barbaracholak5204
    @barbaracholak5204 2 роки тому +1

    Hello ATK
    Salutations from California

  • @football50ize
    @football50ize 2 роки тому +4

    My Jersey tomatoes will be the star to this salad I will make tonight!! ❤️

  • @safepethaven
    @safepethaven 2 роки тому +1

    Hello Feddah, Hello Fahduh, here I am at Camp Granada

  • @shotjohnny
    @shotjohnny 2 роки тому +3

    ".. the good stuff... not the pre-crumbled stuff..." Sage advice. But why would anyone get the pre-crumbled stuff, and not the "good stuff" to begin with for *any* dish? Lol.

    • @myrdraal2001
      @myrdraal2001 2 роки тому +1

      Because they're lazy, don't know any better, or just believe in the marketing.

    • @nikeaddict55
      @nikeaddict55 2 роки тому

      @@myrdraal2001 There's also accessibility problems. Not many places carry imported feta. finding a PDO label is extremely difficult unless you go to a specialty cheese shop and are prepared to get over-charged

    • @myrdraal2001
      @myrdraal2001 2 роки тому

      @@nikeaddict55 if it isn't from Hellas then it isn't real feta and actually made with other milk(s) that it shouldn't be.

    • @nikeaddict55
      @nikeaddict55 2 роки тому

      @@myrdraal2001 I'm well aware mate. I'm pointing out why people would use American "feta"

    • @myrdraal2001
      @myrdraal2001 2 роки тому

      @@nikeaddict55 and I'm pointing out that it isn't from Hellas it isn't feta.

  • @photoreference9429
    @photoreference9429 8 місяців тому +1

    Nope. It’s not traditional.

  • @marilynsnider8183
    @marilynsnider8183 2 роки тому +5

    I'd leave out the pepper.

  • @btbingo
    @btbingo 2 роки тому +1

    I I order a village salad in a Greek deli. $9.99 for a bowl.

    • @sunset6010
      @sunset6010 2 роки тому +2

      Meanwhile, most of these ingredients are FREE from your own garden 🌱

    • @gribble2979
      @gribble2979 2 роки тому +1

      @@sunset6010 While you and I are fortunate to have gardens, many people don’t, especially apartment dwellers.

    • @myrdraal2001
      @myrdraal2001 2 роки тому

      Make your own for cheaper.

  • @reesiezanga5232
    @reesiezanga5232 2 роки тому

    Thank you for finally showing something remotely healthy for once...eating all your recipes will turn me into a land whale

  • @whammy3323
    @whammy3323 2 роки тому

    Don't get me wrong, I love Julia and her wisdom.. but man sometimes she needs to be quiet for 2 minutes

  • @cnagorka
    @cnagorka 2 роки тому +1

    Good but I would cut up the olives, getting a whole one is just too much salt at once IMHO.

  • @tammy2373
    @tammy2373 2 роки тому

    Made this today & was fantastic!

  • @joep5815
    @joep5815 2 роки тому

    America test kitchen can't cook and they always go with the highest equipment.

  • @myrdraal2001
    @myrdraal2001 2 роки тому

    I'm surprised that an American actually said χωριάτικη σαλάτα (village salad) correctly. You definitely don't need to drain and salt the tomatoes. As a matter of fact just make the entire salad in one bowl and save yourself the dishwashing. You're wasting a lot of the pepper cutting up the bell pepper that way. A red onion doesn't have the sulfuric punch of a white so you don't need to soak it at all. Don't make the dressing on the side. Just add it to the top of everything. Your olives look old and mushy. They don't need to be pitted. Why waste yet another serving dish? Just serve it in the bowl. With all of the salt you've added adding this feta on top will just make it too salty, unless your feta is the nasty imitation domestic feta not made in Hellas. The juice from the salad is delicious and if not eaten with a crusty piece of bread dunked right in to the dressing can be drunk as is.

  • @paulhyde808
    @paulhyde808 2 роки тому

    I have a high school crush on every female on ATK !!!

  • @sunset6010
    @sunset6010 2 роки тому +2

    most of these ingredients are FREE from your own garden 🌱

  • @vickydittfield9822
    @vickydittfield9822 2 роки тому +4

    I’d use basil at the End,-and add avocado

    • @myrdraal2001
      @myrdraal2001 2 роки тому

      Ew! Why? That's not an authentic "Greek" salad then.

  • @jaa4742
    @jaa4742 2 роки тому

    Looks awesome!. I would change the kalamatas to a mix of olives, add marinated mushrooms, and add some chick peas for protein.

    • @myrdraal2001
      @myrdraal2001 2 роки тому +2

      Please don't. That's not a horiatiki salad then.

    • @jaa4742
      @jaa4742 2 роки тому

      The original recipe is just a base. You can change recipes to your own taste...it's allowed. Really...it is..try it so.e time.

    • @myrdraal2001
      @myrdraal2001 2 роки тому +1

      @@jaa4742 then call it something else.
      Proofread.

  • @meltz911
    @meltz911 2 роки тому

    No gyro meat?

    • @myrdraal2001
      @myrdraal2001 2 роки тому +3

      Why? They're not making a gyro. They're making a salad.