Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, tart with cretan dakos and cherry tomatoes. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Dakos/ Ntakos is a traditional Greek salad from the island of Crete. Extra virgin olive oil, juicy tomatoes, salty feta Garnishing with extra virgin, good quality olive oil will give the perfect finishing touch to this traditional Cretan rusks with tomatoes and feta cheese dish. This authentic Cretan Salad includes crunchy barley rusk soaked in olive oil and topped with tomato and cheese.
Tart with Cretan dakos and cherry tomatoes is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Tart with Cretan dakos and cherry tomatoes is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have tart with cretan dakos and cherry tomatoes using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Tart with Cretan dakos and cherry tomatoes:
- Prepare large Cretan rusks
- Prepare ground tomato or half a can of peeled and diced tomatoes
- Make ready almonds with their skins
- Prepare olive oil
- Take soft feta cheese
- Prepare katiki from Domokos (light soft fresh cheese, slightly sour)
- Take anthotyro
- Make ready cherry tomatoes, halved
- Get olive oil
- Take balsamic vinegar
- Prepare honey
- Make ready brown sugar
- Take Fresh spearmint, finely chopped
- Get oregano
Dakos is a Greek dish that we had recently whilst on holiday. A perfect tart that is an ideal apretizer for a festive table. How to make Roasted Cherry Tomato Tart with Herbed Ricotta: Start with frozen, purchased puff pastry sheets. I also have basil and cherry tomatoes in my garden and love to roast the tomatoes!
Instructions to make Tart with Cretan dakos and cherry tomatoes:
- Preheat the oven at 200 degrees.
- Blend the rusks with the almonds in a food processor and empty them in a bowl.
- Add the olive oil and tomato and combine.
- Layer the mixture evenly in a tart pan and bake for 15 minutes.
- Put the three different cheeses in a bowl and mix well with a fork.
- As soon as the crust is ready let it cool and use a spatula to spread the cheese mixture.
- Heat the olive oil well in a large non-stick pan, add the cherry tomatoes with the cut half at the bottom and leave over high heat for about 5 minutes.
- Add the salt, sugar, honey and balsamic vinegar. Stir carefully so that the cherry tomatoes don't crumble and let the saus thicken for about 5 minutes.
- Spread the cherry tomatoes over the cheese and pour their sauce over them.
- Sprinkle the cherry tomatoes with the spearmint and oregano.
- Place the tart in the fridge for at least half an hour before serving.
This elegant savory tart with a cheesy filling and juicy cherry tomatoes will look beautiful on any lunch or dinner table. Remove tart pan from the freezer. Gently spread the cheese mixture evenly over the bottom. Place cherry tomatoes evenly over the top and gently press down. A traditional meze or a light meal on the island of Crete, dakos (also called "koukouvayia") is often called "Greek bruschetta," and is easy to make with few ingredients and no cooking.
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