Tzatziki
Salting and squeezing the cucumber is the difference between sauce and soup.
⏱ 15 min · easy · 🍽 serves 4
Ingredients
- 2 cups full-fat Greek yogurt
- 1 large cucumber, grated
- 2 garlic cloves, grated
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp chopped dill
- 1 tsp kosher salt, plus more for the cucumber
Steps
- Grate the cucumber, toss with a teaspoon of salt and leave it in a sieve for 10 minutes.
- Squeeze it hard in a clean towel until barely any liquid comes out. You will be surprised how much there is.
- Stir the cucumber into the yogurt with the garlic, oil, vinegar, dill and salt.
- Chill at least 30 minutes before serving.
👨🍳 Skip the squeezing and it will be watery within the hour. There is no fixing it afterwards.
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