Tzatziki Recipe
This Tzatziki recipe is a Greek sauce that can be served with grilled meat or used as a dip. You will often find Tzatziki accompanying gyros, lamb and falafel.
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Ingredients:
2 cups Greek yogurt (do not use non-fat)
1 garlic clove, mashed
1/2 cup finely chopped fresh mint
1/3 cup finely chopped fresh dill
1 large cucumber (peeled, halved and seeded)
1 lemon
Salt
Directions:
1. Let the yogurt sit and discard any extra liquid.
2. Grate the cucumber using a cheese grater into another bowl.
3. Sprinkle cucumber with 1 teaspoon salt and rub into cucumber.
4. Set aside for 20-minutes, then squeeze out liquid from cucumbers.
5. Add garlic clove to a mortar and pestle, and mash into a paste.
6. Add salt to garlic paste.
7. Whisk yogurt until smooth.
8. Whisk in garlic paste and stir in the mint, dill and drained cucumber.
9. Juice lemon as you continue to whisk.
10. Refrigerate for at least 1-hour before serving.
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