Skopelos restaurants are famous for their delicious salad-making, for adopting many Mediterranean recipes from near-by islands and recreating them with a unique local touch.

One of the recipes is the salad made with tomatoes, barley rusks and katiki cheese that reminds us of the tastes we often find in traditional Cretan cuisine.

Katiki is a spreadable, moist, slightly spicy white cheese from the region of Thessaly in central Greece. It is often used in recipes as a substitute of feta cheese, to offer a lighter version salad that has fewer calories but is as delicious as a Mediterranean salad oughts to be.

Explore the tomatoes and katiki cheese salad and order it from one of Skopelos restaurants.

• We first create our katiki mix by blending it with yoghurt, olive oil, fresh thyme, black sugar, salt and black pepper.
• Then we make our vinaigrette by mixing in a bowl a bit of olive oil, vinegar, thyme, salt, pepper, spearmint and rosemary.
• We cut the tomatoes and the rocket and place them on the plate, adding a few small barley rusks. On top we put the katiki mix and on top of that we pour the delicious vinaigrette.

This salad is an exciting mix of the Cretan traditional cuisine and of the Skopelos island chefs’ unique approach towards salads. It is a distinguished taste that is refreshing, healthy and super delicious, preferably enjoyed with a glass of wine, ouzo or retsina. Explore it in the local Skopelos restaurants and excite your senses!

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