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Side Dish · Bulgaria Recipe

Shopska Salad

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 300-350 g red tomatoes
  • 1 fresh cucumber (about 200 g)
  • 1 small hot pepper
  • 150 g white cheese
  • 2 onions
  • 4-5 green or red peppers
  • a bunch of parsley
  • vegetable oil (about 1/4 cupful)
  • salt

Directions

  1. Cut the onion in small pieces.
  2. Remove the stem and the seeds of the peppers (raw or roasted and peeled).
  3. Cut them into stripes and then to smaller pieces.
  4. Chop the hot pepper.
  5. Cut the cucumber in four lengthways and slice the pieces.
  6. Mix everything, and add salt.
  7. Form a pile of the mixed products in a salad dish or in portion salad plates.
  8. Sprinkle with the vinegar and the vegetable oil.
  9. Grate the cheese over the salad to form of a snow cap and garnish with the parsley.
Yield
4-5