Dakos
Description
This recipe won't take much time. On Crete, where I vacationed, dakos is served in every tavern. In the summer heat, when you don't want to eat anything heavy, dakos makes a wonderful alternative to a full lunch. And if you serve a glass of dry white wine with such an appetizer—that's a real celebration :) Unfortunately, it's impossible to reproduce dakos exactly due to the lack of the necessary ingredients (you need a special cheese that we don't have here), but you may be able to make something similar. Good luck. Serve the appetizer at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
These are our ingredients.
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Step 2
We begin preparing the dish by lightly moistening the barley croutons with plain water. The croutons should soften slightly and puff up.
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Step 3
Then drizzle the croutons with olive oil. Not too generously—the croutons shouldn’t be swimming in olive oil; they should just absorb a little of it.
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Step 4
Peel the tomatoes, cut them in half, and grate on a coarse grater.
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Step 5
Spread the tomato purée over the moistened croutons.
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Step 6
On the layer of tomatoes, spread fresh soft sheep’s cheese, top it with a couple of olives, and sprinkle everything with oregano.
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Step 7
Once more, drizzle olive oil over everything on top. Dakos is ready!