Tzatziki Sauce
 
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Serves: 4 -6
Ingredients
  • ⅔ of a tub of Greek yogurt
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • ½ tsp salt (or to taste)
Method
  1. Start by straining ⅔ of a tub of Greek yogurt by placing a durable kitchen towel over a sieve and place over a jug or bowl. The longer you leave this, the more liquid will be strained and will make for a thick creamy Tzatziki instead of a thin watery one. I left my Greek yogurt for about 4 hours, some people will leave this to strain in the fridge overnight, do that if you have the patience for it!
  2. Before peeling the cucumber cut 3 round slices, this will be used for garnishing later.
  3. Next peel the entire cucumber and using a spoon remove the inner seeds. The inside is removed because the inner part contains a lot of water which will ruin the creamy consistency of the sauce. Cut into smaller pieces.
  4. Place the cucumber pieces in a food processor or mini chopper and process until fine. Place the processed cucumber in another sieve, sprinkle with ½ tsp of salt and leave to stand; the salt will draw out most of the water from the cucumber.
  5. Leave both the cucumber and Greek yogurt to strain for as long as possible and only begin to put the Tzatziki sauce together when you can see no more liquid dripping from the sieves.
  6. Juice 1 lemon, removing any seeds in the process. Crush 2 cloves of garlic using the side of a large knife (this releases the fragrance/taste of garlic) and then finely chop.
  7. When you can see very little to no liquid dripping from the Greek yogurt and cucumber, you can begin to assemble the sauce.
  8. Place the Greek yogurt, cucumber and 2 cloves of garlic in a bowl, add the juice of the lemon and mix thoroughly. I don't normally add any additional salt as I find it is seasoned enough for me, add more salt if you feel you need it. If you would like to make this more interesting, add some chopped dill, parsley or mint.
  9. Place your slices of cucumber reserved from earlier on top and chill for 30 minutes before serving (cover with clingfilm if you place this in the fridge).
  10. This is the perfect accompaniment to Afelia's Lamb Kebabs or with some fresh baked bread.....put on a Mediterranean spread and give my Hummus recipe a try too while you're in the cooking mood!
Recipe by www.afeliaskitchen.com at https://www.afeliaskitchen.com/tzatziki-sauce/