Shopska salad
Shopska salad, from above
VegBulgaria

Shopska salad

Tomato, cucumber and pepper buried under a snowfall of white cheese.

15 minTime
6 gProtein each
mildSpice
Bulgaria's national salad2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayTomato, cucumber, pepper, onion and grated sirene.
The original
192kcalsame
6 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
15minutessame

Shopska salad.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Tomato3 ripe, chunked
Cucumber1 large, chunked
Red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper)1, roasted or raw, sliced
Onion½, sliced
Flat leaf parsleya handful, chopped
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp sunflower oil
Vinegar1 tbsp
Feta cheese1 cup sirene or feta, finely grated
Salt½ tsp

Method

3 steps
  1. 1Char the pepper over a flame, cover for 5 minutes, then peel and slice. Or use it raw.
  2. 2Toss tomato, cucumber, pepper, onion and parsley with oil, vinegar and salt.
  3. 3Grate the cheese finely over the top in a thick white layer.
Serve it like this

Mound in a deep bowl, cheese grated thickly on top just before serving, with bread on the side.

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