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PJ KABOS Recipe: How to Make a Greek Village Salad—Horiatiki Salata—with Pita Bread

Want something nutritious ✔, delicious 🤭, hydrating 🥛 and just plain great to eat...?

We present to you today the classic Greek Village Salad.


A bottle of PJ Kabos high-phenolic EVOO, pita bread, olive, tomatoes peppers and a finished Greek Salad. Delicious and nutritious!
Greek Village Salad made with locally sourced ingredients.

PJ Kabos Olive Oil Recipe with Video: How to Make a Classic Greek Village Salad—Horiatiki Salata


Recipe

Salad: Side dish or main

Serves:  4

Ingredients for Greek Village Salad

  • 5 tomatoes🍅, firm and fresh, cut into chunks

  • 1 sliced cucumber🥒, optional

  • 1 thinly sliced green pepper, optional

  • 1 thinly sliced onion, optional

  • salt, to taste

  • oregano, fresh or dried, to taste

  • 1 very large slice feta cheese (170 gr., 6 oz.)

  • 8 olives, Kalamata (or whatever you have)

  • 3 tbsp. PJ KABOS High-Phenolic Olive Oil, Medium taste intensity (white bottle)

Note: The only ingredients that a Greek Village Salad must have are tomatoes, feta cheese, oregano, salt and extra virgin olive oil.

Preparation of Greek Village Salad

Wash all vegetables to be used.

Cut the tomatoes into bite-size chunks (not slices). Add to a large bowl.

If including, slice the cucumber, green pepper and onion and add to the tomatoes.

Sprinkle salt over the salad. Add the olives. Place a large slice of feta over the center. Sprinkle oregano.

Place on the table. Put a fork into the feta cheese and break it into bits then lightly mix into the salad.

Most often in Greece, the salad is eaten directly from the large bowl by all, however, it may be served on individual plates too. Just make sure to include the juices when serving.

Serving suggestion for Greek Village Salad

Serve with pita bread or fresh village bread—used to dip within the tomato and olive oil juices to sop up all the goodness.

Kali Orexi—Happy Eating!

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A Short History of the Greek Village Salad

The Greek Village Salad, or "Horiatiki" in Greek, encapsulates a rich culinary history deeply ingrained in the traditions of Greek villages. Although its precise origins are unrecorded, the name hints at a bygone era when villagers, toiling in the fields since dawn, drew sustenance from the abundant treasures around them. A freshly plucked tomato from the vine, wild oregano at their feet, olive oil stored in jars, homemade bread baked in wood-burning stoves by their wives, and feta crafted from the milk of their own sheep and goats would harmoniously come together. Shaded by olive trees, farmers would gather, relishing a simple yet nourishing midday snack to stay hydrated and invigorated. Even today, during olive harvest time, this remains the most common midday snack for farmers to enjoy.


A beautiful olive grove with the Ionian Sea shining in the distance where farmers are harvesting the olives.
Olive harvesters are soon to take a break and sit down under an olive tree and eat a lunch including a Greek Village Salad drizzled with Extra Virgin Olive Oil from the vary trees they are harvesting.

An Organically Mindful Meal

The Greek Village Salad serves as a tangible link to historical agricultural practices, where communities harnessed the wealth of their lands to craft straightforward yet satisfying meals. Its composition naturally adapts to seasonal variations, incorporating the freshest produce available—ripe tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, peppers, onions, and an array of herbs. The salad is a testament to the resourcefulness of these communities, showcasing their ability to create organic, mindful dishes using what the land provided.


alt: A finished Greek village Salad with Feta, tomatoes, cucumber, onions, peppers, oregano, salt, and olives.
PJ Kabos Greek Village Salad. Just add PJ KABOS High-Phenolic Extra Virgin Organic Olive Oil, Medium taste intensity (white bottle) and Kali Orexi!

Only Extra Virgin Olive Oil Allowed!

It must be noted that a true Greek Village Salad requires only a heavy drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil as dressing. No other dressing is added—not even a single drop of vinegar. Just fine-quality olive oil. To do otherwise would be to distract from the essential flavor profile of the ensemble and to take away its Mediterranean quality.


A bottle of Extra virgin Olive Oil being poured over a Greek Village Salad.
The finishing touch—a heavy drizzle of best-quality olive oil! Care to join us for lunch?

Iconic Dish

Beyond its culinary aspects, this dish is a celebration of communal eating. Families and villagers would gather to share meals crafted from ingredients surrounding them, fostering a profound sense of unity and connection. At the heart of each meal was and still is the Greek Village Salad. Its cultural significance has elevated it to an iconic representation of Greek cuisine worldwide. Its popularity transcends cultural boundaries, and variations of the Greek Village Salad can be found today in restaurants globally.


alt: People enjoying a Mediterranean meal including a Greek Village Salad together.
Families and friends eating together. The Greek Village Salad here is the main course for one dinner.

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(White Bottle)

An elegant & protective white bottle of PJ Kabos Medium High Phenolic Extra Virgin Olive Oil with olives scattered around it. Finishing oil, cooking oil and a phenolic shot.
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PJ KABOS Family Reserve Organic - Medium, is an award-winning extra virgin olive oil that is high in polyphenols and adds a lovely taste and great health benefits to every meal.



 
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Tins of PJ Kabos High Phenolic Medium Extra virgin Olive Oil showing all sides of the easy-to-store & protective tin. A finishing, cooking oil and a phenolic shot.
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World-renowned chef, Nobu Matsuhisa, stands in Matsuhisa Athens’s kitchen and points to his olive oil of choice, PJ KABOS. The founder and owner of PJ Kabos, James Panagiotopoulos is proudly standing beside him.
World-renowned chef, Nobu Matsuhisa, points to his olive oil of choice, PJ KABOS! He uses it in his restaurants across the globe.

Until next time...Merry Christmas ✨🎄 and...

stay happy and well!


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