A platter of the best Greek dishes… Flatbread, Hummus, Tzatziki and Halloumi and Vegetable Skewers… Yum!
Ingredients
Flatbread
- 250g Strong Bread Flour, plus extra for dusting
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 7g Fast Action Dried yeast
- 150ml Warm Water
- Vegetable Oil, for greasing
Directions
- Stir together the flour, yeast and salt in a large bowl.
- Pour about 140ml of the warm water into the flour mixture. Use a cutlery knife to quickly stir the water into the flour. Where the mixture looks dry, add some of the remaining water and stir until the dough comes together.
- Dust a clean work surface with flour. Bring the dough together in your hands and knead the bread dough until it is smooth and it springs back when you press it.
- Lightly oil a large bowl and place the dough inside. Cover with Clingfilm and leave the dough to rise for about an hour, until it has doubled in size.
- Preheat the oven to 180ᵒC.
- Once it has risen, knock the dough back (knead it again). Separate into 5 even sized pieces, knead each until smooth and then roll out to 3mm thick.
- Place each flatbread onto a lightly floured tray.
- Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes (turning half way through) until crisp. Remove and cut into slices.
Ingredients
Hummus
- 1 x 400 g tin of chickpeas
- 1 small clove of garlic, crushed
- ½ Tsp ground cumin
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Directions
- Drain and rinse the chickpeas in a sieve over the sink.
- Blitz the chickpeas in a food processor (or use a hand whisk) until smooth.
- Add the garlic to the chickpeas and blend well.
- Season your hummus with lemon juice, olive oil and salt & pepper, by adding a little bit of each at a time.
- Taste and adjust seasoning as you go along.
Ingredients
Tzatziki
- 100ml Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cucumber
- 1-2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- 5 fresh mint leaves
Directions
- Peel, de-seed and grate the cucumber.
- Combine the yoghurt, cucumber, lemon juice and garlic in a large bowl. Add a dash of olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
- Cover and place in the fridge for a couple of hours to enhance the flavours.
- Before serving, roughly chop a few mint leaves and sprinkle them on top.
Ingredients
Halloumi Skewers
- 75g Halloumi, per person
- Choice of veg (e.g. onion, peppers, mushroom, courgette, aubergine)
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 200ᵒC.
- Cut the halloumi into medium-small (3x3cm) cubes.
- Choose your vegetables and cut them to a similar size to the halloumi.
- Push the halloumi and vegetables onto two damp skewers, making sure everything is evenly spread out, without too much of a gap in between.
- Place the skewers onto a lined baking tray.
- Cook the skewers in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Turn the skewers over after 5 minutes to make sure they cook evenly.
