Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, tzatziki. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Tzatziki, cacık or tarator is a dip, soup, or sauce found in the cuisines of Southeast Europe and the Middle East. It is made of salted strained yogurt or diluted yogurt mixed with cucumbers, garlic, salt. Watch how to make Greek tzatziki sauce in this short recipe video.
Tzatziki is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Tzatziki is something that I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have tzatziki using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Tzatziki:
- Take 500 g strained yogurt or anthotyro
- Take 1 fresh cucumber
- Get 1-2 cloves garlic
- Get 40-60 g olive oil
- Prepare salt, white pepper
- Take 1 tsp ouzo
- Prepare 1 tbsp fresh herbs like parsley, dill, spearmint
To be truly superb, tzatziki MUST be made with strained, whole mild yogurt from Greece, otherwise the result will be runny as many users have noted. This tzatziki sauce tied everything together. I pretty much drowned my chicken and smothered everything on my plate with it. I then proceeded to down everything way to fast because it all tasted so.
Instructions to make Tzatziki:
- Peel the cucumber and remove the seeds then cut it into small cubes or strips (or grate it), season with salt and set it aside with the salt for 15'.
- Then strain and squeeze it.
- Place the yogurt, the pepper and the herbs, finely chopped, in a bowl and add the oil, the garlic, crushed, as well as the cucumber. Mix with a wooden spoon until everything is evenly distributed and the mixture is well combined.
This Greek tzatziki recipe is easy to make, and SO fresh and delicious! Feel free to serve this as a tzatziki sauce on gyros or sandwiches, or use it as a tzatziki dip with pita and your favorite veggies. You may be wondering, "What is Tzatziki sauce?" One of the first things we made in that (six-hour + exhausting + amazing) class was this Tzatziki sauce! The BEST Homemade Tzatziki Sauce Recipe! This easy tzatziki sauce is made with Greek yogurt, sour cream and fresh dill!
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