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Feta Cheese "dip" tomato, chilli and herbs
5 from 6 votes

Feta Cheese "dip" tomato, chilli and herbs

Enjoy something delicious and satisfying with this easy-to-make recipe.

Course: Condiments, Others

Ingredients

  • 50 gm red onion very finely diced
  • 60 ml lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon caster sugar fine
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon chilli chopped
  • 1 whole tomato small, very finely diced
  • 1 small red pepper 1/2 a red capsicumvery finely diced, long
  • 100 gm black olives with or without seeds
  • 125 ml olive oil a strong punchy one
  • 1 /2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 cup herbs parsley, basil, fennel tops, chopped; soft
  • black pepper a grind or two
  • 250 gm feta cheese The nice creamy kind, Danish

Instructions

    Cup of Yum
  1. Mix the first 4 ingredients -lemon,onion,sugar and salt. Stand till the other ingredients are ready. This "cooks" the onion.
  2. Mix all of the other finely diced ingredients together, then add the onion mix.
  3. Stir and taste . Add more onion, salt and pepper or chilli.
  4. Open the cheese and put onto a dish . Spoon the salsa over the cheese.
Lebanese bread Crisps
  1. Cut a couple of Lebanese bread rounds into pieces (approx 5-6 cm). Put a1/2 cup of olive oil into a bowl with a teaspoon salt, fresh pepper, 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika. Toss the bread in this mix and then lay onto lined trays and bake till starting to colour. Cool and use with this cheese dip.