Tzaziki

10 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Plain full fat yogurt; (high quality without gums and thickeners)
2 teaspoons Creamed very fresh garlic
1 teaspoon Sea salt
2 Cucumbers; peeled, seeded and grated on large holes of grater
½ teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons Olive oil
Fresh mint leaves; for garnish

Directions

Drain yogurt for 1 hour in a cheeseclothlined strainer to remove some of its water. In a bowl, combine the yogurt, garlic and ½ teaspoon salt.

Sprinkle the remaining ½ teaspoon salt over the grated cucumber and drain, 10 to15 minutes, to extract excess water. Add drained cucumber to yogurt, along with pepper, and mix well. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour. Drizzle with olive oil and garnish with mint leaves.

Serve with pita triangles or grilled fish.

Recipe by: TAMALES WORLD TOUR

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #1009 by Meg Antczak <meginny@...> on Jan 14, 1998

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