Tzatziki

[Emily_R]

Tzatziki

Hi all -- while there are many recipes for this Greek dip out there, snowangel asked me to post this one, which received rave reviews at a recent dinner party. Note that you can also modify the recipe by adding maybe 1/2 a cup of very finely minced fennel and fennel fronds...

Note also that Fage is a brand of greek-style yogurt that is becoming available throughout the country -- the Ready To Eat forum has a whole long thread of people waxing rhapsodic about it...

• 2 c greek-style yogurt
  
• 1 large cucumber
  
• 1 T freshly squeezed lemon juice
  
• 2 garlic cloves, pressed through garlic press
  
• 1/2 c fresh finely chopped dill
  
• 1 T extra virgin olive oil
  
• lots of fresh ground black pepper
  
• salt
  

Peel, seed, and then shred the cucumber on the large holes of a box grater. Place it in a colander in the sink and lightly salt it, let sit for 1/2 an hour to drain. Then put it in a clean dishtowel and squeeze all the water out you can. Mix it with all the other ingredients, and let sit for a bit in the fridge (but not more than 3 hours as the cucumber will start giving off more water.)

Emily

Keywords: Dip

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