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Traditional Cretan Barley Dakos with Feta Cheese – Tomato (Rusk with Feta and Tomato)

Written by Published on Updated on May 20, 2019 in Appetizers

This is such a lovely appetizer to make whenever your hungry for something light.  It is one of the easiest snacks to make, when you return home from work and not really in the mood to cook,  or just having a bit of relaxing time.  This  also goes along nicely with a cup of  hot soup. 🙂

The Greek Dakos/Rusk are quite hard, so to help them soften up before eating, there are two options either drizzle with water or  olive oil.  My Uncle Nick, use to eat these quite often, and I remember he used to always add water on the rusks to soak through before he added any toppings.   I prefer this little trick for this recipe, dice the tomatoes into small pieces and let sit for a while on the rusk, so that it soaks in all the juices from the tomatoes. 🙂

TRADITIONAL CRETAN BARLEY DAKOS WITH FETA CHEESE – TOMATO (RUSK WITH FETA AND TOMATO)

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 large Rusks
  • 2 Medium Tomatoes diced
  • 200 grams of Feta Cheese
  • 2 Garlic Cloves diced optional
  • 1/3 grams Olive Oil
  • Salt
  • Oregano

Instructions
 

  • Dice tomatoes into small pieces…add them on top of tomatoes and let the juice flow through the Rusk until soften..I would recommend about 20 minutes.
  • Add salt, garlic and 1/2 of the olive oil and top with Feta Cheese and the rest of the olive oil. Sprinkle on Oregano and it is ready to eat.

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

22 Comments

  1. jyo
    October 20, 2017 at 9:28 am  ·  Reply
    Perfection loaded ✌✌
  2. foodzesty
    October 20, 2017 at 10:43 am  ·  Reply
    Oh well thank you very much for your kind comments. ;)
  3. Vero and Canito in the kitchen
    October 20, 2017 at 10:48 am  ·  Reply
    Nice appetizer, Sophie :-) I would even grab it for breakfast, to be honest :-D we just love Feta cheese at home and eat it with almost everything
  4. Karin, theaustriandish
    October 20, 2017 at 2:07 pm  ·  Reply
    That looks delicious, Sophie. I have some Feta and some tomatoes at home, and that's a great idea to use them.
  5. mistimaan
    October 20, 2017 at 4:48 pm  ·  Reply
    Looks too tasty :)
  6. dtills
    October 20, 2017 at 7:36 pm  ·  Reply
    I love how fast this comes together, and pretty healthy too :)
  7. Trudie
    October 20, 2017 at 9:19 pm  ·  Reply
    I love this recipe, good idea to make tomorrow.
  8. chefkreso
    October 21, 2017 at 7:34 pm  ·  Reply
    Tomatoes and feta cheese work amazing together!
  9. a little Swiss, a little Canadian
    October 22, 2017 at 1:40 am  ·  Reply
    Love Feta cheese! Looks so tasty! I'm not sure where I could get rusks?

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