Origins: Greek
Timing: 40 minutes or less
Difficulty: easy
Nutrition: medium
It is not a secret that we just love the Greek cuisine. The Greek cuisine is a Mediterranean one and indeed one of the tastiest ones.
The Greek cuisine is full of vegetables, of olive oil, meat and wine. Cheese, different kind of herbs is also quite popular in Greek cuisine.
The dish we will be making today is quite an extraordinary one even for the Greek cuisine. It is something you cannot compare with anything else. We honestly wanted to make you get acquainted with a dish which is healthy, tasty and has nice cultural vibes as well.
So let’s see what ingredients we shall have for the making of Skordalia.
The ingredients.
- Kosher salt
- 1 cup of almonds
- ½ cup of water
- 3 tablespoon of white wine vinegar
- Potatoes, 2 russet
- Garlic cloves, about 8 and of medium size
- ½ cup of olive oil
- 5 tablespoons of lemon juice
- Black pepper
Now when you found all the ingredients, you will clearly see that indeed it is a very interesting dish to make and a very healthy one as well. So just go to shop, find all these ingredients and start the making. When you already have them all, we can start.
The making.
Firstly we will have to start from potatoes. You will have to wash the potatoes, place them in deep pan, add so much water that they will be covered and boil them. You should make sure that they are really cooked well. After they are cooked, you should leave them to cool off.
You should rub the skins of potatoes when they are cooled off, and you should make them a puree by the use of mill.
Then for the olive oil mass you have to combine the olive oil, the white wine vinegar, the lemon juice and salt together.
Then take the garlic and season them with salt. Combine the garlic, almonds and olive oil into the puree. Combine the olive oil mass with the puree and your dish is ready.
Actually the reason why we liked this dish so much is that it is super light, healthy and tasty, but it at the same time will make you feel very full and you will feel the sheer enjoyment and satisfaction out of your dish. These are the qualities that most of the Greek dishes have.
Besides, you can notice that the making process was really an easy one. When it comes to timing, then it will take you about 40 minutes or even less than that. What about the nutrition, then it is medium. It does contain healthy ingredients, especially almond.
So this dish would really be a perfect light meal for you for breakfast, for lunch, for supper and dinner as well. Just enjoy the making process and enjoy the beautiful dish as well. We are sure that you will not regret making the Greek stunning and beautiful dish called Skordalia.
