Dakos (Ntakos)
A traditional vegetarian starter from the island of Crete, perfect to start with, for the small hunger or for a light dinner. The secret behind the perfect ntakos is to use juicy, fresh stem tomatoes.
Garnished or bathed in plenty of good quality extra virgin olive oil of course.
Portions: 2-4 people
Ingredients:
4 pieces of paximadia
2-3 large tomatoes
1 dl Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil , possibly more
200 g of feta
4-12 black olives salt
pepper
oregano
capers
Preparation:
- Rinse your paximadia quickly under the tap and place them on the dish or plate you want to serve your ntakos on.
- Rinse your tomatoes before coarsely grating them on a grater or cutting them into very small pieces with a knife.
- Pour the tomato pieces into a sieve and sprinkle with salt.
- Let them stand for a while so that most of the liquid can drain.
- When much of the liquid has drained from the tomatoes, mix the tomatoes with half the olive oil, salt, pepper and taste.
- Crumble your feta in a bowl.
- Now it's time to assemble your Ntakos.
- Place a good amount of tomato on your paximadia, followed by the cheese. On top, decorate with olives, dried oregano or fresh herbs and, of course, a generous amount of extra virgin olive oil.
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