Fresh Greek Tzatziki Recipes

FRESH GREEK TZATZIKI

Steps:

• Grate your cucumber and lightly salt in a large bowl.
• Add you chopped garlic and dill.
• Add your greek yoghurt.
• Combine remaining ingredients.
• Serve cold.

AUTHENTIC GREEK TZATZIKI

Steps:

• Stir together olive oil, vinegar, and garlic in a bowl and let sit while you prepare the cucumber.
• Peel cucumber and cut in half lengthways; scrape out all the seeds. Grate cucumber with a cheese grater into a sieve set over a bowl. Sprinkle with salt. Strain out as much liquid as possible by pressing down in the sieve with the palm of your hand. Alternately you can wring cucumber out in a clean tea towel. Add cucumber and yogurt to the garlic mixture. Mix until well combined and season with salt to taste.

TZATZIKI

Steps:

• Whisk the oil, vinegar, and garlic in a bowl.
• Add yogurt and salt and beat until smooth.
• Squeeze the cucumber with your hands to remove excess moisture, then mix it into the sauce with the mint.
• Cover and refrigerate.
• Serve lightly chilled, garnished with mint.

FRESH GREEK TZATZIKI

Steps:

• For creamy Tzatziki with perfect consistency we need to avoid any excess water. The best result is achieved by peeling and de-seeding the cucumber. Then either grate of finely slice (with a vegetable peeler) and hang the cucumber in a cloth or a tea towel to squeeze out all excess liquid.
• Combine the yogurt, cucumber, lemon juice and garlic.
• Add a dash of olive oil and some salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
• Sprinkle with the paprika powder.
• Cover and place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours for the flavours to fully develop.
• (Optional: just before serving roughly chop a bunch of fresh mint leaves and sprinkle on top.)