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Dakos

A Cretan toast of stale bread rubbed with garlic and drizzled with olive oil, topped with grated tomatoes and crumbled cheese. Simple and refreshing, it is eaten as a snack or a starter.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Cut the bread slices in half or quickly toast them in the oven to make them really dry.
  2. Rub each piece with the cut garlic clove, then drizzle with a little olive oil.
  3. Grate the tomatoes on a coarse grater over a bowl to collect the pulp, discarding the skin.
  4. Season the tomato pulp with salt, pepper and oregano, then spread it over the bread.
  5. Crumble the cheese on top, add the sliced red onion and olives, then finish with a drizzle of olive oil.

Variations and tips

Barley rusk version. If you can find paximadia, the Cretan barley rusks, use them: they hold up better than bread.

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Original Ecomely recipe.