Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, cretan ntakos. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Cretan Ntakos is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Cretan Ntakos is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
The secret behind the perfect Ntakos is to use juicy, fresh, organic, on the vine tomatos as they are the key ingredient that brings this dish to life. 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. Dakos or ntakos (Greek: ντάκος), also known as koukouvagia or koukouvayia (κουκουβάγια, "owl") or—in eastern Crete—kouloukopsomo (from koulouki + psomi, pup + bread, allegedly the bread given to puppies), is a Cretan meze consisting of a slice of soaked dried bread or barley rusk topped with chopped tomatoes and crumbled feta or mizithra cheese, and flavored with herbs.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cretan ntakos using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Cretan Ntakos:
- Prepare 4 ntakos (barley rusks)
- Prepare 1 large tomato
- Prepare 8 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- Make ready 12 kalamata olives
- Take 4 pinch dried oregano
- Prepare 120 grams feta cheese (crumbled)
The olive oil also improves bone mineralization and calcification, and it is recommended for consumption to diabetics as it helps lower "bad" low-density lipoproteins while improving blood sugar control and enhancing insulin sensitivity," according to other. Diet based on cereals, pulses, nuts, seeds, vegetables, fruits and other animal foods such as honey and eggs. It is usually followed when someone is allergic to this food. Dakos or Ntakos, (pronounced NTAH - kos) is the name of a Cretan barley rusk.
Steps to make Cretan Ntakos:
- Ntakos should be moist so it needs to be immersed in water for a couple of minutes on both sides.
- Chop the tomatos into small cubes and divide on all four rusks.
- Sprinkle one teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil on the chopped tomatos. Sprinkle the crumbled feta cheese.
- Chop three olives for each rusk and sprinkle them over the chopped tomatos.
- And finally, before enjoying the ntakos with a glass of super cool Moschofilero or some tsipouro, you can sprinkle some dried (or fresh) oregano.
This salad is made using this rusk as its base and it is topped with cubed tomatoes, xinomyzithra (a whey cheese made in Crete) or a mixture of feta anthotyros (similar to ricotta) and flavoured with oregano. Do you know how to prepare the delicious and healthy Cretan Ntakos? Watch this cooking lesson prepared by Grecotel's Grecoland team and presented by a Grecotel's gourmet expert to learn along with your children! A fun activity for the whole family that introduces you to the secrets of the famous healthy. The most known Cretan salad is what we call kritikos dakos.
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