Shopska salad
Bulgarian cucumber-tomato-feta salad
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1 large cucumber
- 3 ripe tomatoes
- 1 small red onion
- ½ bell pepper
- 1 small hot pepper optional
- 2 Tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
- 2 Tbsp fresh parsley chopped
- black pepper
- salt to taste
- ½ cup Bulgarian feta cheese
Instructions
- Wash vegetables. Peel cucumber if desired.
- Slice cucumber in half lengthwise. Slice each half lengthwise into two pieces. Remove seeds (optional) and slice again lengthwise. Cross cut the 8 strips of cucumber into bite-sized pieces about one-half inch in length. Place pieces in mixing bowl.
- Slice ends off tomatoes and discard. Dice tomatoes into half-inch pieces. Add to mixing bowl.
- Clean seeds and ribs from half of one bell pepper and one small hot pepper. Slice into strips and then into half-inch pieces. Add to mixing bowl.
- Dice onion into one-quarter inch pieces and add to mixing bowl.
- Drizzle sunflower oil and vinegar over diced vegetables. Stir to coat evenly.
- Chop parsley and sprinkle on salad. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Grate Bulgarian feta cheese over salad and serve.
Notes
You could use a whole bell pepper and omit the hot pepper; or you could omit pepper altogether. A classic Shopska salad can be made from cucumbers, tomatoes and feta alone.