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Shopska Salata

Name: Shopska Salata
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Bulgaria
Ingredients: 3 Tomato; 2 Cucumber; 2 Green Bell Pepper; 1/2 Red Onion; 150g Feta Cheese; A pinch Parsley; 3 tbsp Sunflower oil; 1 tbsp Vinegar; 1/2 tsp Salt

Side Dish

⏱ 15 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Tomato, cucumber, and pepper under a snowfall of grated white cheese — Bulgaria's salad in the colors of its flag.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Shopska salad is Bulgaria's most famous salad: diced tomato, cucumber, roasted pepper, and onion topped with a generous grating of 'sirene,' a white cheese. Its white, green, and red colors are said to represent the Bulgarian flag. It's classically eaten at the start of a meal with rakia (fruit brandy).

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a summer evening at a garden table in a Bulgarian home, a salad covered in snow-white cheese and well-chilled fruit brandy sit side by side as a leisurely dinner begins.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Tomato 3
Cucumber 2
Green Bell Pepper 2
Red Onion 1/2
Feta Cheese 150g
Parsley A pinch
Sunflower oil 3 tbsp
Vinegar 1 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Roast the peppers, peel, and dice.
Dice the tomatoes and cucumber and finely chop the red onion.
Combine the vegetables and dress with sunflower oil, vinegar, and salt.
Plate.
Grate or finely crumble plenty of feta over the top.
Scatter with chopped parsley.

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