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Tzatziki 🥒

Name: Tzatziki
Prep time: 6 min
Cook time: 9 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2-4 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 300g thick Greek yogurt; 1/2 cucumber, grated; 2 garlic cloves, finely grated; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp chopped dill (or mint); 1 tsp white wine vinegar; Salt to taste

Thick Greek yogurt folded with grated cucumber, raw garlic and dill — cool, garlicky and faintly sour, the one sauce no Greek taverna table is ever without. Dunk pita in it, spoon it over grilled meat, eat it straight when no one's watching.

Attica Greek ⏱ 15 min Easy

Method

1

Salt the grated cucumber, wait 10 minutes, then squeeze out the water hard — this is the whole secret.
2

Stir the cucumber into the yogurt with garlic, vinegar and olive oil.
3

Fold in the dill, taste, and adjust salt and lemon-sharpness.
4

Chill 30 minutes before serving with a final thread of olive oil.

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