Shopska Salad

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Shopska Salad
Photo: Popo le Chien — via Wikimedia Commons, CC0
Prep15 min
Cook0 min
Total15 min

Bulgaria's national salad — tomato, cucumber, pepper and onion under a snowdrift of grated white cheese.

Ingredients

Serves:4
  • 4 pieces tomatoes
  • 2 pieces cucumbers
  • 1 pieces roasted red pepper
  • 0.5 pieces onion
  • 200 g Bulgarian sirene, grated
  • 3 tbsp parsley, chopped
  • 3 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 0.5 tsp salt

Nutrition (estimated)

high confidence
176kcal · per serving
3.4g
Protein
15.6g
Carbs
11.9g
Fat

Recipe total: 702 kcal · P 13.5g · C 62.5g · F 47.7g

Estimated from 9 of 9 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

Steps

  1. 1
    Roast the pepper until blackened, seal it in a bowl 10 minutes, then peel and cut into strips.
  2. 2
    Dice the tomatoes and cucumbers into even 1.5 cm cubes. The even cut matters more here than anywhere — there is nothing to hide behind.
  3. 3
    Slice the onion very thinly and rinse it under cold water to take the bite off.
  4. 4
    Combine the vegetables with the parsley, salt, oil and vinegar and toss lightly.
  5. 5
    Mound the salad in a shallow bowl.
  6. 6
    Grate the sirene over the top in a thick, even blanket, right to the edges. It is never mixed in — that is the whole look of the dish.
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Questions and answers

How long does Shopska Salad take to make?

About 15 minutes.

What ingredients do you need for Shopska Salad?

9 ingredients: tomatoes, cucumbers, roasted red pepper, onion, Bulgarian sirene, parsley, sunflower oil, red wine vinegar, salt.

How many servings does this Shopska Salad recipe make?

4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

How many calories are in a serving of Shopska Salad?

About 176 kcal, with 3.4 g protein, 15.6 g carbohydrate and 11.9 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.

Which diets does this Shopska Salad recipe suit?

It is vegetarian.

What cuisine is Shopska Salad?

Shopska Salad comes from Bulgarian cuisine.

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