SaladsSide dishes

Shopska Salad

Shopska salata is the most famous of all traditional salads in the Bulgarian cuisine. It features in every important meal whether you are at home or in a restaurant. If combines all the key vegetables with feta to produce a masterpiece that explodes in your mouth.

This is the one – you have not tried Bulgarian food until you have had a Shopska!

  • Prep time20
  • Cooking time30
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Servings4

Ingredients

4 – 5 tomatoes

1 large telegraph cucumber

3 red or green capsicums

1 onion

200 grams feta cheese

Sunflower oil to taste

Vinegar to taste

Salt

Fresh parsley to garnish

Steps

  1. Grill the capsicums – this is key to making a traditional shopska. You can do this on a BBQ or under a hot grill in the oven. The idea is that the skin gets charred.
  2. Once the capsicums are grilled, put them in a plastic bag to rest.
  3. Take them out after a few minutes and peel the skins gently and remove the seeds.
  4. Slice the tomatoes, cucumbers, onion and peeled peppers and place in a salad bowl.
  5. Add salt, oil, vinegar, chopped parsley and mix.
  6. Top with grated feta cheese.

You can also add a couple of grilled and peeled chilies to spice up the salad.

Enjoy!

Equipment

Salad bowl

Steps in pics